A client is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. The nurse realizes that the indications for this diagnostic test would be:
1. hypertension.
2. peripheral edema.
3. cerebral vascular accident.
4. diagnose coronary artery disease.
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Clinical implications for cardiac catheterization are to diagnose coronary artery disease and assess for atherosclerotic lesions. Hypertension, peripheral edema, and cerebral vascular accident are not indications for a cardiac catheterization.
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