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Right heart ventriculography - Results

Alternative Names

Angiography - right heart

Normal Values:

See Swan-Ganz catheterization.

What abnormal results mean:

Abnormal connections between the right and left side of the heart
Abnormalities of the right atrium, such as atrial myxoma (rarely)
Abnormalities of the valve on the right side of the heart
Abnormal pressures or volumes
Weakened pumping function of the right ventricle (this could be due to many causes)

Heart, section through the middle

Heart, front view

Reviewed last on: 5/15/2008
Alan Berger, MD, Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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