| 释义 |
intracardiac catheter in·tra·car·di·ac cath·e·tera catheter that can be passed into the heart through a vein or artery, to withdraw samples of blood, measure pressures within the heart's chambers or great vessels, and inject contrast media; used mainly in the diagnosis and evaluation of congenital, rheumatic, and coronary artery lesions and to evaluate systolic and diastolic cardiac function. Synonym(s): cardiac catheterin·tra·car·di·ac cath·e·ter (in'tră-kahr'dē-ak kath'ĕ-tĕr) A catheter that can be passed into the heart through a vein or artery, to withdraw samples of blood, measure pressures within the heart's chambers or great vessels, and inject contrast media; used mainly in the diagnosis and evaluation of congenital, rheumatic, and coronary artery lesions and to evaluate systolic and diastolic cardiac function.
Synonym(s): cardiac catheter. |