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Global Translational Medicine

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Diagnostic cardiac catheterization in a modified

cardiac catheterization laboratory: The LASUTH
experience

Alaba Busola Oladimeji , Oluwaseye Michael Oladimeji ,
1
2
Adeola Olubunmi Ajibare *, Oluwafemi Tunde Ojo ,
2
2,3
3
2
Ramon Kolade Moronkola , Ayo Raheem , Abdulazeez Olanrewaju ,
2
2
2
Damilare Adewale Olusanya , Onomen Oluwaseyi Ehizojie ,
2
Oluwaseyi Ajimotokan , Abdulrahman Idris , Adenike Olufunke Akalakini ,
2
2
2
Moriam Omolola Lamina , Oluwaseun Oyeyemi Okunuga ,
1
Alaba Philips Adebola , Folashade Adeola Daniel ,
2,3
2,3
Oluwarotimi Ireti Akinola , and Adetokunbo Olusegun Fabamwo 4,5
4,5
1 Department of Paediatrics, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
2 Department of Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
3 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Lagos State University College of Medicine,
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja,
Lagos, Nigeria
5 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Lagos State University
College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Abstract
Cardiac catheterization is useful in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and
*Corresponding author: acquired cardiac diseases. However, it is rarely done in Nigeria because of the limited
Adeola Olubunmi Ajibare
(adeola.ajibare@lasucom.edu.ng) cardiac catheterization laboratories in the country. Transforming the existing operating
theaters to modified catheterization laboratories may bridge the gap of limited cardiac
Citation: Oladimeji AB,
Oladimeji OM, Ajibare AO, catheterization. This study reviewed the procedures, outcomes, and challenges of a
et al., 2022, Diagnostic cardiac modified catheterization laboratory in Nigeria. A retrospective review of all diagnostic
catheterization in a modified cardiac cardiac catheterizations at the modified catheterization laboratory of Lagos State
catheterization laboratory: The
LASUTH experience. University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) between January and May 2022 was performed.
Global Transl Med, 2(2): 249. A total of 8 adult and 4 pediatric patients had cardiac catheterization, and the mean
https://doi.org/10.36922/gtm.249 age was 23.7 ± 16.9 (range: 2 – 52) years. The most common lesion was the ventricular
Received: November 7, 2022 septal defect. Complex congenital heart disease was seen in 16% of subjects, whereas
Accepted: April 26, 2023 pulmonary hypertension was found in 83% (10). The most common complication
Published Online: May 11, 2023
was transient bradycardia. Good surgical outcome was recorded in the patients who
Copyright: © 2023 Author(s). subsequently had corrective surgeries. A modified catheterization laboratory may be a
This is an Open Access article suitable alternative to the standard catheterization laboratory in low-resourced countries.
distributed under the terms of the
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License, permitting distribution,
and reproduction in any medium, Keywords: Cardiac catheterization; Nigeria; LASUTH; Catheterization laboratory
provided the original work is
properly cited.
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published maps and institutional Diagnostic cardiac catheterization is a useful diagnostic tool in the assessment of
affiliations. cardiovascular diseases [1,2] . It helps in the accurate diagnosis of cardiac diseases in the

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