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< Atras La cateterización cardíaca es utilizada para estudiar las diversas funciones del corazón. A través de diferentes técnicas, las arterias coronarias se pueden ver al inyectar un medio de contraste o se pueden destapar con una angioplastia de balón. Con ella, también es posible medir la concentración de oxígeno entre las válvulas y las paredes del corazón, así como las presiones dentro de cada cavidad cardíaca y a través de las válvulas. Esta técnica puede realizarse hasta en niños pequeños y en recién nacidos.

• Fecha de revisión: 11/6/2006
• Versión en inglés revisada por: Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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