Cardiac Catheterization
A cardiac catheterization is like a thinner colonoscopy but through the coronaries. This is done for diagnostic purposes, interventional purposes, or sh*ts and giggles. For example, a cardiologist can perform a cardiac catheterization to identify what coronary vessel is blocked by a burger or hot dog.[1] The cardiologist may choose to intervene, either by extracting the meaty thrombus or by placing a bacon-eluting stent.[2] In some cases, the patient may have no indications of heart disease, but the cardiologist will insist on a cardiac catheterization anyway since, well, why not?[3]
Indications
Indications for cardiac catheterization include but are not limited to the following:
- Chest pain
- Cough
- Diarrhea
- Dysuria
- Eye pain
- Itchiness
- Tummy ache
- Winning the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.[4]
Other Cardiac Tests
References
- ↑ Cardiologist Excited to Cath Winner of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest (Gomerblog)
- ↑ Cardiologists Now Deploying Bacon-Eluting Stents (Gomerblog)
- ↑ No Matter the Symptom, Local Cardiologist Pretty Convinced It’s an Anginal Equivalent (Gomerblog)
- ↑ Cardiologist Excited to Cath Winner of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest (Gomerblog)
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