Pill Identifier Tools & Resources Medical Dictionary Slideshows Images Quizzes Privacy & Other Trust Info Privacy Policy About Us Contact Us Terms of Use Advertising Policy Definition of CatheterMedical Editor: Jay W. Marks, MD home medical dictionary Catheter: A thin, flexible tube. From Hea...
The meaning of CATHETERIZATION is the use of or introduction of a catheter (as in or into the bladder, trachea, or heart).
Prostatic catheter(redirected from catheter coude)Also found in: Medical. Related to catheter coude: Foley catheter, Urinary catheterization, urethral catheterone adapted for passing an enlarged prostate. (Med.) See under Catheter. See also: Catheter, Prostatic Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, ...
Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to catheter:female catheter cath·e·ter (kăth′ĭ-tər) n. A hollow flexible tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel to allow the passage of fluids or distend a passageway. Its uses include the drainage of urine from the bladder ...
The meaning of CATHETERIZATION is the use of or introduction of a catheter (as in or into the bladder, trachea, or heart).
cardiac catheter a long, fine catheter especially designed for passage into the chambers of the heart, usually through a peripheral blood vessel under fluoroscopic control. See also cardiac catheterization. Castillo catheter a cardiac catheter similar to an Amplatz coronary catheter in shape and use, ...
A catheter coated with a medication to prevent complications of prolonged insertion in the body. Commonly used coatings include antibiotics and antiseptics. See also: catheter Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a li...
Electrophysiology:The biomedical field dealing with the study of electric activity in the body. What Is Heart Disease? Heart disease refers to conditions that involve the heart, its vessels, muscles, valves, or internal electric pathways responsible for muscular contraction. Common heart disease conditi...
Brain death, as synonymous with human death, has been deeply rooted in Western medical practice as a prerequisite for advancing human organ transplantation over the past 40 years (Rady and Verheijde2011). Binary categorization of death has fulfilled the utilitarian goal of increasing the supply of...
Proposed Revised Stages of the HF Continuum NYHA Functional Classification Recognition of Clinical Trajectory in HF Acute versus Decompensated HF Proposed New Classifications of HF According to EF Approaches to Specific Etiologies of HF Perspective for the Noncardiologist Appendix 1 ReferencesShow full outli...