After your Cardiac Catheterization, your physician will return to explain the results to you.  Sometimes cardiac catheterization will show that your heart is just fine.  If there is a problem, your physician will discuss all possible treatments.

What can I do when I return home?

• Be sure to make arrangements to have a friend or family member drive you home.
• Avoid heavy lifting, and do only light activities for a few days.
• You may have a small bruise or lump the size of an olive under the skin at the insertion site.  This should go away within a few weeks.

Be sure to call your doctor if

• The insertion site bleeds
• You feel chest pain or discomfort
• Your arm or leg feels numb or cold
• The bruising or swelling gets worse or increases
• You have a fever
• Signs of infection appear at the insertion site