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Psychological Aspects in Invasive Cardiac Procedures

Manpreet Kaur Garcha

Abstract


There are many Invasive cardiac procedures that help to identify cardiac diseases. Even though theses diagnostic procedures are the helping hands in the field of medical science but there are some hidden factors like anxiety, fear of unknown diagnostic procedures leads to false results & interpretations. This may interfere with the choice of treatment selected for the patients. A clear explanation of diagnostic procedures and prediagnostic counseling of the patients can help to reduce the false alterations within the results of test.

Keywords: anxiety, cardiovascular diseases, prediagnostic counseling

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijcn.v2i2.82

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