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Young PH Patients Have Increased Risk During Cardiac Catheterization
Children with pulmonary hypertension (PH) are a relatively high-risk group for cardiac catheterization, a new study shows. In turn, hospital experience with the procedure reduces this risk.
The research that supports that finding, “Risk Factors for Major Early Adverse Events Related to Cardiac Catheterization in Children and Young Adults With Pulmonary Hypertension: An Analysis of Data From the IMPACT (Improving Adult and Congenital Treatment) Registry,” was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure to assess how well the heart is working. A catheter (a thin, hollow tube) is inserted into a large blood vessel that leads to the heart, in order to measure pressure and blood flow.
The gold standard for diagnosis, classification, risk classification, and follow‐up of PH patients is right‐sided heart catheterization (RHC).
Read more about this here: “Young PH Patients Have Increased Risk During Cardiac Catheterization, Study Contends“
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