cardiac catheterization

noun

: a medical procedure in which a thin, flexible catheter is inserted through an artery or vein (as of the arm or leg) and passed into the heart for the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions

Examples of cardiac catheterization in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the hospital, doctors found that Campos needed a cardiac catheterization, a minimally invasive procedure to find blockages in the heart and then remove them. —Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026

While his early experiences in the cardiac catheterization lab offered exposure to the healthcare world, the on-call nature of the work revealed that medicine, for him, wasn’t the ultimate fit. —Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 3 Mar. 2026

My procedure in the cardiac catheterization lab was made very stress-free by the 15 medical staff members caring for me. —Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026

This includes a $100 million investment in an AI facility and Sofiya, an AI assistant in Mount Sinai’s cardiac catheterization lab. —MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

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Medical Definition

cardiac catheterization

noun

: a medical procedure in which a thin, flexible catheter is inserted through an artery or vein (as of the arm or leg) and passed into the heart for the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions

Hemodynamic measurements during cardiac catheterization may be necessary to diagnose constrictive pericarditis if noninvasive methods, such as echocardiography or pericardial imaging, are not conclusive.

—Andrew Wang and Thomas M. Bashore, The New England Journal of Medicine

cardiac catheter noun

… may be repaired without open-heart surgery through the use of an umbrella-like device that is placed in the heart by a cardiac catheter.

—Andrew Skolnick, The Journal of the American Medical Association