Glossary/Imaging

Fluoroscopy.

Real-time continuous X-ray imaging used during cardiac catheterization, PCI, TAVR, and device implantation. Allows the interventionalist to see catheters, wires, and devices as they are positioned inside the heart and blood vessels.

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What is fluoroscopy?

Real-time continuous X-ray imaging used during cardiac catheterization, PCI, TAVR, and device implantation. Allows the interventionalist to see catheters, wires, and devices as they are positioned inside the heart and blood vessels.

Related Terms

Related glossary terms.

Cardiac Catheterization
A procedure in which a thin tube (catheter) is threaded through a blood vessel to the heart. Allo...
PCI
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, also called coronary angioplasty with stenting. A catheter-ba...
TAVR
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. A minimally invasive procedure to replace a diseased aort...
Coronary Angiography
An X-ray imaging procedure that uses contrast dye injected through a catheter to visualize the in...
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