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Study: No benefit in heart-monitoring procedure; Right heart catheterization: Supporters say some patients might have been sicker than others
CHICAGO (AP) - A heart-monitoring procedure used more than a million times per year during major operations appears to serve no benefit and might actually raise the risk of heart attacks, a study found. Right heart catheterization - in which a thin, flexible tube is inserted into a neck vein and ...
July 18, 2001; Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)

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