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Is Cardiac Catheterization Painful?

hello doctor I am a 54 year male 5.7 weigh 174 pound and recently I went to the hospital because I had shortness of breath ,what I felt was that my throat was getting tight and Icould not breath easy,in the hospital they could not find anything wrong and they diagnosis was that I had a panic attack and gave me a pill alprazolam 0.25 mg following days I have felt the shortness of breath at times but mostly when I eat passing the stage of satisfied to be feeling full,my doctor recomended me to see a cardiology which I did and he found on the stress test that as I understod the bottom part of the heart is not getting enough flow ,all the other 2 test he did pass ok,so he is going to performe a cardiac catherization to be sure that is not the problem of my shortness of breath, my question is ,is this procedure painfull, what will I feel and usually how many days I will be not able to work
Fri, 15 Feb 2019
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Hello,

Cardiac catheterization is painful same like canulisation but time taking procedure but you must get it done to find out the cause of your symptoms.

Kindly consult your treating Cardiologist for further queries.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist
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Is Cardiac Catheterization Painful?

Hello, Cardiac catheterization is painful same like canulisation but time taking procedure but you must get it done to find out the cause of your symptoms. Kindly consult your treating Cardiologist for further queries. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist