Left heart catheterization

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Left heart catheterization

Catheterization - left heart

A normal result means the heart's size, motion, thickness, pressure, and arteries appear to be normal.

Abnormal results may be a sign of cardiac disease or heart defects, including:

• Aortic insufficiency
• Aortic stenosis
• Coronary artery disease
• Heart enlargement
• Heart valve disease
• Mitral regurgitation
• Mitral stenosis
• Ventricular aneurysms

Review Date: 07/10/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Michael A. Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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