catheterization
noun
cath·e·ter·i·za·tion
ˌka-thə-tə-rə-ˈzā-shən 
ˌkath-tə-rə-
: the use of or introduction of a catheter (as in or into the bladder, trachea, or heart)
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The doctor ordered a catheterization; Mr. Albright would be admitted overnight and fitted with a LifeVest, a round-the-clock external defibrillator for people at risk of sudden cardiac death.
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Emily Baumgaertner Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
Medical experts have written in journal articles that when a transplant candidate has signs of pulmonary hypertension, additional testing, including what’s known as a right heart catheterization, should be done to more precisely determine the risk of complications during or after a transplant.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 June 2023
Their goal: to get a patient into a catheterization lab to insert a stent - a tiny expandable metal mesh coil that once in place will keep an artery open - within 90 minutes of experiencing symptoms.
—Ken Budd, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
Gooley’s firm, Carlton Fields, is representing Hartford HealthCare and Dr. William Farrell, who ordered Mills be moved to the special catheterization unit after the COVID test came back.
—Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
It’s all done with needles, one in the groin and another in the foot, and catheterization, the use of a flexible tube, Shishehbor said.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
The 86-bed facility includes emergency department services, operating rooms, catheterization labs, an intensive care unit, diagnostic services and imaging.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 Mar. 2023
Ford said her son had a heart condition and required catheterization in his late 20s.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
Sherri Ford, Wilkerson's mother, said her son had a heart condition in his 20s that required a catheterization, according reporting from The Daily Independent.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2023
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Emily Baumgaertner Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
Medical experts have written in journal articles that when a transplant candidate has signs of pulmonary hypertension, additional testing, including what’s known as a right heart catheterization, should be done to more precisely determine the risk of complications during or after a transplant.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 June 2023
Their goal: to get a patient into a catheterization lab to insert a stent - a tiny expandable metal mesh coil that once in place will keep an artery open - within 90 minutes of experiencing symptoms.
—Ken Budd, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
Gooley’s firm, Carlton Fields, is representing Hartford HealthCare and Dr. William Farrell, who ordered Mills be moved to the special catheterization unit after the COVID test came back.
—Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
It’s all done with needles, one in the groin and another in the foot, and catheterization, the use of a flexible tube, Shishehbor said.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
The 86-bed facility includes emergency department services, operating rooms, catheterization labs, an intensive care unit, diagnostic services and imaging.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 13 Mar. 2023
Ford said her son had a heart condition and required catheterization in his late 20s.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
Sherri Ford, Wilkerson's mother, said her son had a heart condition in his 20s that required a catheterization, according reporting from The Daily Independent.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
circa 1852, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of catheterization was
circa 1852
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catheterization
noun
cath·e·ter·iza·tion
variants
or British catheterisation
: the use of or insertion of a catheter (as in or into the bladder, trachea, or heart)
catheterize
transitive verb
or British catheterise
catheterized or British catheterised; catheterizing or British catheterising
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