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The History of Cardiac Catherization
Article describes advancements that led to modern cardiac catheterization techniques.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: For Teens: Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is a procedure that lets doctors get a better look at a person's heart and blood vessels. Learn all about it in this article for teens.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Thomas Fogarty: Emolectomy Catheter
Learn about Thomas Fogarty, inventor of the embolectomy catheter, a "device [that] allows a thin balloon to be inserted into a patient's artery and guided through an occlusion." Read about the invention's impact and the inventor's career.
Texas Heart Institute
Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Cardiac Catheterization
One-page article describing the method of cardiac catheterization used for diagnosing coronary artery disease.