RT2552011CardiacCathEQUIP.ppt

CORONARY ANGIOCARDIAC CATH Ablation ProceduresLecture # 3 ACardiac Anatomy Circulation Pathology Review # 3B RT 255 (rev 2010) Dawn Charman, M.Ed,R.T Reference: Frank. Merrills Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures, 11th Ed. Mosby What is cardiac cath? Procedure which involves placement of a catheter into RT or LT side of heart. Invasive Coronary angiography is often included together with cardiac cath Diagnostic procedure and/or a therapeutic procedure Adults Children Cardiac Catheterizationalso known as a heart cath or coronary angiogram This procedures provides the doctor with a road map of the arteries in the heart To find any areas of blockage in the arteries that supply the heart with blood. May also look at the valves, chambers heart muscle Can help in making decisions about the treatment of heart disease. It is a usually performed by a cardiologist with assistance by RT,(CIT), nursing support staff* Who performs the procedure? The Interventional Radiologist / Cardiologist who specializes in the Angioplasty procedure. CIT Technologist Nursing Other support staff Done in a “Cath Lab” Cath lab includes a special table, x-ray tube monitor, supplies (catheter, guidewire) automatic injector pressure Cardiac monitors Vitals monitors Cardiac catheterization The oxygen concentration can be measured across the valves and walls (septa) of the heart Pressures within each chamber of the heart and across the valves can be measured. The technique can even be performed in small, newborn infants. The catheter also serves the purpose of monitoring blood pressures in these different locations inside the heart. The angiogram procedure takes several hours, depending on the complexity of the procedure. Basic info about procedure IV sites in either arm, groin, or neck. Flexible catheter inserted to IV through the blood vessel. Then, cathether is threaded thorough the blood vessel to the heart. Pressure measured at this poi