Cardiac

A method of providing medications, fluids or nutrition into a vein. The fluid usually flows from a polythene bag or bottle and can be seen to ‘drip’ into a small container (chamber), which is connected by a tube to a cannula in the vein. Most children will have a ‘drip’ following an anaesthetic or after … Read more

A combination of echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. A miniature echo device on the tip of a catheter is used to generate images inside the heart and blood vessels

Into or within a vein.