A Journal of Medical Humanities
Jimmy PhamMichigan, United States “Pressures in the right side of the heart and pulmonary capillary wedge can be obtained by cardiac catheterization without the aid of fluoroscopy . . . The frequency of premature beats was minimal, and no other arrhythmias occurred.”– N Engl J Med, 19701 With these descriptions, a new balloon-tipped catheter was…