How to Use catheterization in a Sentence

catheterization

noun
  • Health care providers will sometimes fix an issue at the time of catheterization, such as placing a stent.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The fact that, during the catheterization, the artery looked normal would mean that the spasm had relaxed and the artery reopened.
    New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Ford said her son had a heart condition and required catheterization in his late 20s.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In the catheterization lab, her coronary arteries were clean.
    Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2020
  • In that scenario, the patient should be rushed to the catheterization lab, not kept in an outpatient office and given aspirin.
    MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The hope is that those first responders can more quickly identify larger clots that may require catheterization.
    Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 30 May 2017
  • He was rushed into the cardiac catheterization lab, where the doctors found blockages, and from there into surgery for an open-heart triple bypass procedure the same day.
    Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 12 June 2017
  • 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
  • In July, Stevens suffered a heart attack that required a heart catheterization and subsequent surgery.
    Katie Simons, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This led to another heart catheterization, which discovered restenosis that caused a 95% blockage.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
  • One of them was nurse Jeffrey Roussel, who works in the catheterization laboratory.
    Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Shah’s testing starts with an invasive angiogram, also called catheterization, which reveals major blockages.
    Peggy McCarthy, Hartford Courant, 30 Aug. 2022
  • There, the victim was sent to the catheterization laboratory for evaluation and fitted with a stent, Mehling said.
    John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Because Backus doesn’t have a catheterization lab, doctors called Hartford Hospital and asked to transfer her there.
    Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Then in 2008, the health system was rocked by scandal when a catheterization lab nurse was caught stealing patients’ fentanyl and replacing it with saline.
    Andy Marso, kansascity, 10 Oct. 2017
  • No recommendation for catheterization or any other heart procedure was made, the official said.
    Simone Preissler Iglesias, Bloomberg.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • He was taken into a catheterization lab and then to an operating room, The New York Times report says.
    Rebekah Riess and Hollie Silverman, CNN, 24 July 2019
  • Her sister, Zyniya, who is now 10, knows how to properly clean up after a catheterization, how to change a diaper, how to buckle her into the car.
    Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Radial access for catheterization has moved much more quickly in Europe, China and other parts of Asia.
    Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2017
  • The next frontier arrived at Mount Sinai’s cardiac-catheterization lab last year with a new agentic AI system called Sofiya.
    Hilke Schellmann, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Doctors eventually taught Gibson how to do self-catheterization at home, which entailed inserting a thin tube up her urethra and into her bladder to allow the urine to drain.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • One disorder, called single-ventricle disease, can lead to scarring in the liver and abnormal flow in the lymphatic system, which can be treated with a catheterization.
    Tom Avril, Philly.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Early treatment with clot-buster medications or a trip to the catheterization laboratory is critical.
    Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Ambulances with heart patients were being diverted because the facility's catheterization lab was down, the person posted.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
  • In the cardiac-catheterization lab, a cardiologist fed a narrow tube through a blood vessel and injected a dye to illuminate the arteries supplying her heart.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 17 Aug. 2017
  • His specialty was cardiology with a sub-specialty in cardiac catheterization.
    Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 14 June 2017
  • The new hospital also features advanced surgical suites and a catheterization laboratory with imaging equipment used in cardiac care.
    Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • This year, in looking for a new cardiac team, the family came from San Antonio to meet with the team at Dell Children's and to get new heart catheterizations to check their hearts.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Although most people have a good outcome, some people have worsening of symptoms after surgery, requiring intermittent or permanent catheterization.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The hospital’s new EP lab also has a catheterization lab and an interventional radiology lab.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024

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