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Conquer Congenital Heart Cath Coding for Normal Native Connections

Published on Fri Apr 29, 2022

Question: The patient has a congenital heart defect, an isolated atrial septal defect, and normal native connections. My cardiologist made a small incision in the patient’s arm to access the target vessel and introduce a catheter. Using fluoroscopy, my cardiologist advanced the catheter via the blood vessels to the target zone of the right heart. They placed the catheter in the [...]
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