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Lead
Vanderbilt University
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
≥ 18 years old
Scheduled to undergo cardiac catheterization (right ± left heart catheterization) and/or electrophysiology study in the VHVI cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL)/electrophysiology laboratory (EP lab)
Hemoglobin value ≥ 10 g/dL or hematocrit of ≥ 30% (measured on clinically-indicated blood draw within 30 days or a point-of-care measurement in CCL/EP Laboratory if clinically-indicated value is not available)
You may not be if
Any individual that is anemic and has a hemoglobin value \< 10 g/dL and hematocrit of \< 30% will be excluded from the study.
If a physician performing the procedure believes that performing the extra steps and /or acquiring the additional blood samples will delay or otherwise compromise participants' care, he/she can abandon acquisition of those data at his/her discretion.
Contraindication to cardiac MRI (applies only to patients undergoing CMR as part of this protocol).
* Implanted ferromagnetic material
* Glomerular filtration rate \< 60mL/min (measured on clinically-indicated blood draw within 30 days of CMR or a point-of-care measurement in the CMR Laboratory if clinically-indicated GFR is not available)
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