Reference no: EM133762741

Description of Procedure: This 69-year-old male arrived emergently in the cardiac catheterization lab with evidence of posterior wall myocardial infarction. The patient has no prior heart catheterization or cardiac history. The right groin was prepped in normal sterilization technique. A 6-French introducer catheter was placed in the right femoral artery using Seldinger technique. Judkins technique was used for coronary angiography. Left ventriculography was not done to avoid utilization of high load of dye as his creatinine was 1.6, but the left heart catheterization was done by placing catheter across the aortic valve in a retrograde fashion and pressures were obtained.