This patient suffered from shortness of breath following clots in his lungs (chronic thromboembolic disease). As part of the work-up for this he had a Right Heart Catheterisation to establish if he had increased blood pressure in the blood vessels that supply the lung (pulmonary hypertension)
The Right Heart Catheterisation was performed using superficial vein in the right arm (antecubital vein) and guiding a floatation catheter to the cambers of the right side of the heart. Pressures and saturations inside the different chambers were assessed.
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So the first question is, tell us about your experience of the procedure today. The experience was absolutely fabulous. Right from the very start to the finish, they were organised and they knew exactly what they were doing. They told me what they were going to do, they carried out what they did and it's faultless. Is there anything that you'd want to tell a patient who's about to undergo the same procedure? I would say don't worry, like I did. There was no need for it. It was very straight forward, very quick and there was no messing about. You got in there, got done and you was out before you even knew it. Was there anything that happened that was unexpected for you? No, not at all. No, it was absolutely fine. Everything that was said to me was carried out, so I can't fault it.
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