catheterization

American  

[kath-i-ter-uh zay-shuhn] / ˌkæθ ɪ tər ə ˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

catheterizations plural

1. the process of inserting a catheter to allow the removal of liquids from the body or to allow diagnostic examination of certain passages in the body.

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catheterization Cultural  

1. Insertion of a catheter into the body. Common types of this procedure include cardiac catheterization, in which a catheter is inserted into the heart through a vein in the arm to diagnose heart disease, and urinary bladder catheterization, in which a catheter is inserted into the urethra to permit urine to flow out of the urinary bladder.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• post-catheterization
  noun
• pre-catheterization
  noun
• re-catheterization
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• catheterizations
  plural

Example Sentences

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catheterization catheterizations

“If a patient has no complaints like chest pain they don’t need catheterization and don’t need a stent,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Following a heart catheterization, Stevens was informed that he had suffered a minor heart attack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

Investigators performed right heart catheterization and cardiac MR imaging on each study participant before the infusions and four months after the infusions.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023

In January 2022, Lopez Obrador underwent cardiac catheterization and was found to be in good health.

From Reuters ● Apr. 23, 2023

Within minutes, Miele was on a table in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, awaiting angioplasty to unclog his artery—a procedure that many cardiologists say has become the gold standard in heart attack treatment.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

For example, he has been able to assist physicians during cardiac catheterizations and gallbladder removal surgery.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2017

The article further notes that the hospital was cited by Medicare and Medicaid for failing to review the medical necessity of 3,367 cardiac catheterizations performed in 2010.

From Forbes ● Feb. 17, 2013

As a result, the odds of immediately undergoing bypass surgery, heart catheterizations and other lifesaving procedures are decreased.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2012

Treating both eyes subjects the tots to twice as many invasive catheterizations.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2011

In its suit against Deepak Srinivasan, a cardiologist at Hackensack University Medical Center, the company claims he raised his fee for heart catheterizations to $18,720 from $3,000 between 2006 and 2007.

From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 24, 2011