why is heart valve catherization done?

Answer 1

My Dad had a heart cath done to see where his blockage was. He had so many they decided that stents would not be for him so they did bypass surgery on him. Here is more on it.


In most cases, cardiac catheterization is recommended when a partial or complete arterial blockage is suspected. It is used to evaluate how well the heart is functioning and to obtain information about blockages.

Cardiac catheterization is performed in a hospital. Usually, the procedure takes 2 to 3 hours to perform and patients are required to remain immobile for 4 to 6 hours following cardiac catheterization.

Indications
Indications for the procedure include the following:

Angina that is not easily controlled with medication, that disrupts daily routine, occurs at rest, or recurs after heart attack
Heart failure with suspected coronary artery disease
Heart valve disease with symptoms (e.g., shortness of breath)
Markedly abnormal stress test results
Recurring chest pain of unidentified cause
Not everyone with angina needs a cardiac catheterization. Patients who have very rare or easily controlled episodes of angina may desire to continue with medical therapy rather than undergo angioplasty or bypass surgery. Many patients who have suffered a heart attack can initially undergo a stress test rather than cardiac catheterization.
Cardiac catheterization usually is not performed in patients who have infrequent episodes of angina (chest pain) or angina that is easily controlled.

Answer 2

Not sure what is meant by heart valve catheterization.
Am familiar with cardiac catheterization. This is where the squirt dye into the heart vessels to see if there are blockages. If so, they can choose to
1. ballon them open (THE BALOON IS DEPLOYED AND BLOWN UP THERBY OPENING THE BLOCKAGE),
2. put in a stent which keeps it open or if they need to do
3. cardiac bypass with grafts (open heart surgery) from vessels in your leg or arm

When checking valves for either stenosis (tightening or encraochment of the valves) or regurgitation (floppy valves which allow back flow), they usually perform and echocardiogram so that they can see the valves in motion. They can look at the valves during cardiac catherization, but the echo is a better study for actually motion of the valves

Answer 3

To see if the valve(s) are okay and still able to help pump blood.

Answer 4

You already asked a question about cardiac cauterization...now this about catheterization. Are you trying to get others to do your homework for you?