A cardiac catheterization is a diagnostic procedure that provides detailed, x-ray pictures of the heart and its blood vessels. The pictures taken with contrast dye during this procedure are called angiograms. Interventional procedures to correct problems that are found can be performed at the same time. A cardiac catheterization is performed by a specially trained cardiologist, called an interventional cardiologist. These procedures are performed at a hospital in a special room called the catheterization laboratory, or “cath lab.” The cath lab is equipped with an x-ray camera and a TV monitor (screen) on which the cardiologist views the child’s heart and arteries. A pediatric or adult congenital catheterization procedure typically takes longer than an adult coronary catheterization procedure – generally about 2–3 hours.
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