Vincent Robert N, Diehl Helen J
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Sibley Heart Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Q. 2002 Nov;25(3):37-47. doi: 10.1097/00002727-200211000-00006.
Since its inception in 1929, cardiac catheterization has undergone many changes. In the last two decades we have seen an evolution in cardiac catheterization from a diagnostic (anatomic and physiologic) to a therapeutic modality. This article highlights some of the more common and newer interventional procedures now performed.