Interventional cardiology
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interventional-cardiology-201-18640647
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Interventional cardiology
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Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. Andreas Gruentzig is considered the father of interventional cardiology after the development of angioplasty by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter. Many procedures can be performed on the heart by catheterization. This most commonly involves the insertion of a sheath into the femoral artery and cannulating the heart under X-ray visualization. The radi
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Catheter-based treatment of structural heart diseases
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interventional_cardiology
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2024-02-28T18:31:51Z
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