Treated with Cardiac Catheterization
In cardiac catheterization, a thin, flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into a blood vessel in the leg that leads to the heart.
There is no surgical scar in this procedure, just a small mark in the groin area where the catheter went into the blood vessel. Usually the person can go home the very next morning.
If you have had this procedure, your doctor will probably recommend that you take it easy for a few days afterwards and may want you to stay out of gym class for a few weeks. Your doctor may also ask you to take one aspirin each day for about 6 months after the device is implanted to prevent small clots from forming on the device and being sent into the arteries of the body. Over time, the normal tissue of the heart grows over the device and the aspirin is no longer necessary.
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