All I know is they will shoot dye into my veins to check and see how large the hole in my heart is. I'm scared. Anyone have any experience with this test?
2006-11-27 11:19:14 · 10 answers · asked by MissKathleen 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
It is an almost painless test, you will be given a sedative and a local, you will be conscience and aware of what is going ON. The test it self is only about 5 minutes 10 at the most, it the prepping that can be anxious because you have to be shaves on the right groin if you do not want the nurse to do it you shave yourself but do not nick or cut yourself as they not do the test. You will be able to se what the Dr. sees and he should give a step by step as he is doing it, ask questions then don't wait until after it is over. When the inject the dye you will a warm sensation especially in the groin area , in fact it will seem as if you wet yourself but you didn't it just feels that way. After the Dr. will most likely put a collagen plug in the artery but may use a sandbag you will have to stay in bed for about 6 hours and then you can go home. The next day just rest and relax and don't shower or bathe. The Dr. will advise on when you can resume normal activities.
2006-11-27 11:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a heart cath for a different reason last year. They take you into the cath lab and you will lie flat on a table (its not real comfortable). Some cardiologist opt to make their pts comfortable with a sedative to make you relax and some do not.
They will numb your groin or your neck or your arm with some lidocaine. This requires a skin prick which feels like a bee sting. You will feel a lot of pressure while they run the catheter up into your vessel. They can squirt dye and see what your heart is doing by watching where the dye goes on a special xr machine.
They start clicking pictures while this is going on, so they can show you later what happened. After they get what they want. the pull the catheter out and put a lot of pressure on the site where the catheter was put in.
You will be wired for sound. They will be monitoring you the whole time while this is all going on. You will see a big box over your body which really is there to take photo's.
They kept asking me if I was allergic to bannanna's. I never did understand what that had to do with anything. It has something to do with the dye. The dye is a very warm sensation. Pee before you go into the cath lab.
2006-11-27 11:33:40 · answer #2 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds scary but is pretty routine. They will start an I.V. in your arm and put you onto an x-ray table. Then they will put leads on you so they can mointor your heart and pulse rate. A nurse, x-ray tech and the cardiologist will be in the room during your procedure and the nurse will give you a sedative to relax you during the cath. Once you are relaxed they will numb up an area in your groin(hip), this is where they will insert a long tube into your artery and go up to your heart. once there they will push(shoot) contrast (x-ray dye) (Iodine), which shows up on x-rays, and take pictures of your heart arteries. During the "shooting" you will have a hot flash. It usally only takes an hour from start to finish and aftwards they will have to hold pressure on you hip, 5 to 10 minutes, to make sure the insertion site of the tube stops bleeding.
2006-11-27 11:38:33 · answer #3 · answered by walter c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been down that road three times now. It doesn't hurt. They don't put you to sleep. I found it to be really interesting. They strap you to a table and have a tv camera that they put through your artery all the way to your heart. They have monitors all around the table so you can see them no matter what position the table is in. They roll the table around to put your body into different positions. Then they inject some kind of fluid and monitor how it passes through the heart. The fluid is warm and makes you swear you wet yourself when it reaches your private area. Nothing to fear.
2006-11-27 11:30:52 · answer #4 · answered by normy in garden city 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely...i could be greater advantageous than chuffed to connect the various brothers and sisters who're taking your pal's choose and lifting them up formerly the King's throne! i don't understand if the cath ahs already been finished. If not, i'm going to be asking God to steer the heart expert and instruction manual his hand. to supply him a calm heart and the understanding to understand what's strictly needed. I additionally choose to ask our King to have His angels minister on your pal as he recovers from the technique. would there be no problems, and would God HImself, the super physician see your pal heals thoroughly and with out problems. and to not forget his relatives the two. would the residing God wrap them in His hands and supply them a feeling of peace for the period of all of this, a calmness they have by no ability felt, and to have the experience of insurance that all and sundry wll be effective. travelling Prayer Warrior
2016-10-13 05:54:43 · answer #5 · answered by corbo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its really not too bad. They will likely give you a drug called versed, which is like a sedative, you will then like feel like you are asleep. They will then insert a tube into your crotch area, and snake it all the way up into your heart. It sounds worse than it is. I would say the worst part is having to lay flat for a few hours after till your they are no longer afraid your leg will bleed!
2006-11-28 04:34:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sedative did nothing for me, and it hurt a lot, when they say pressure it felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife, They finally gave me pain med afterward when I started crying, and that helped lot, I wish they had given me that before hand I think it would have went a lot smoother.
2015-08-23 06:15:23 · answer #7 · answered by lpmedic 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do I have to lay down for 6 hours?
2015-07-11 13:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by Evelyn 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe it's bad
2016-07-28 04:19:43 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you all for your replies and opinions.
2016-08-23 11:31:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋