Table 4. Responses to questions on cardiac catheterization.
Response | Frequency, (%) | |
Knows the difference between diagnostic and therapeutic catheterization | No | 684 (69.5%) |
Yes | 300 (30.4%) | |
Who does the catheterization | Any doctor | 58 (5.8%) |
cardiac surgeon | 466 (47.3%) | |
Interventional cardiologist | 163 (16.5%) | |
Don't know | 297 (30.1%) | |
Use of contrast in the catheterization | No | 102 (10.3%) |
Yes | 274 (27.8%) | |
Don’t know | 608 (61.7%) | |
What is the access of the catheterization | Arm or thigh vessels | 599 (60.8%) |
Mouth | 34 (3.4%) | |
Directly through to the heart | 50 (5.0%) | |
Don't know | 301 (30.5%) | |
Can a catheterization be a one-day procedure | No | 310 (31.5%) |
Yes | 385 (39.1%) | |
Don’t know | 289 (29.3%) | |
Can stent be inserted using a catheterization | No | 29 (2.9%) |
Yes | 613 (62.2%) | |
Don’t know | 342 (34.7%) | |
Would you agree on a catheterization if needed? | No | 45 (4.5%) |
Yes | 771 (78.3%) | |
Don’t know | 168 (17.0%) |