Tergooi Podcast #30: Cardiac Catheterization
A cardiac catheterization is a procedure in which thin tubes are inserted through the wrist to map the heart. Interventional cardiologist Dr. Rutger van Bommel performs these cardiac catheterizations in both planned and emergency situations.
In the Tergooi Podcast, he discusses this procedure in detail, which is performed approximately 2,500 times a year in the Cardiac Catheterization Department at Tergooi MC.
A selection of questions in this podcast about cardiac catheterization: Why do you get a cardiac catheterization? How does a cardiac catheterization proceed? What does a cardiac catheterization treatment room look like? Who does what during a cardiac catheterization? What do you feel during a cardiac catheterization? When is angioplasty performed and when not? What are the risks of a cardiac catheterization? How long does recovery take after a cardiac catheterization?
This Tergooi Podcast was produced by Marjolein Wikkerman (presenter), Sarah Kremer, and Marco Postma (production).