The Patient Is Scheduled for a Cardiac Catheterization

question 13

Multiple Choice

The patient is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization.A catheter is inserted into the femoral artery and threaded in a retrograde direction into the coronary arteries.Regarding the pathway of the catheter,it will be threaded through all the blood vessels except the

• A)descending aorta.
• B)ascending aorta.
• C)abdominal aorta.
• D)inferior vena cava.

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