POMS1- Cardiac Catheterization Questions & Answers

POMS1- Cardiac Catheterization Questions & Answers 1 / 7 What are the diagnostic uses of cardiac catheteri￾zation? What are the therapuetic uses of cardiac catheteri￾zation? What vascular acess is used for Cardiac cath? How does the pressure curve differ b/w pulmonary wedge, RV, and PA? What is the normal mean Pulmonary wedge pres￾sure? 1) Pressure 2) O2 Sat 3) Flow data 4) Coronary and LV evalu￾ation • PCI: Balloon angioplasty, coronary stents • Occluder closure of ASD, PDA, AV mals • TAVI : trans-cutaneous aortic valve implantation Femoral A <12 What are the normal sys￾tolic and diastolic pres￾Systiolic: <25 Diastolic<5 POMS1- Cardiac Catheterization Questions & Answers 2 / 7 What are the normal systolic, diastolic, and mean pressures for the pulmonary artery? Describe the differences in O2 sat. from when the blood eneters the right atrium to when it exits the left ventricle What are the normal LV systolic and diastolic pressures? What are the normal systolic and diastolic pressures for the aorta? What is the usefulness of superimposing the Aortic and LV cardiac cath pressure graphs? Systolic <25 Diastolic<10 Mean<15 Systolic<150 Diastolic<10 Systolic<150 Diastolic<90 Degree of gap b/w pressures indicates the degree of aortic valve stenosis. There larger the gap, th... CONTINUES...