Uses of Cardiac Catheterization in Acquired Heart Disease

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Abstract
CARDIAC catheterization was introduced in this country in 1941.1 Its potentialities as a revolutionary research tool were immediately apparent, and within a short time it was also applied as an aid in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. In recent years, cardiac catheterization has been found increasingly useful as an aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of certain acquired cardiac lesions. Its application in these conditions is technically more involved than its diagnostic use in congenital malformations: in simple cases of the latter group, it may suffice to determine the oxygen content of samples withdrawn from a few regions of . . .