cardiac catheterization: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	heart catheterization

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left-heart catheterization right-heart catheterization human cardiovascular system heart rate congenital heart disease diagnostic imaging blood pressure angiocardiography blood vessel catheterization genetic testing endoscopy lung ventilation/perfusion scan electrocardiography electroencephalography thoracentesis ultrasound myocardial perfusion imaging angiography malabsorption test

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Key People

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André F. Cournand

American physiologist

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Dickinson Woodruff Richards

American physiologist

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Werner Forssmann

German physician