What is cardiac cath?

All forms of invasive and cath based assessments of the heart, distiction between it and coronary angiography. Left heart cath (we should weigh risks and benifits, contraindications [known anaphylactoid rxn, kidney impairment, decompensated HF, pulmonary edema, uncontrolled HTN, active infection, coagulopathy, GI bleed.] Risks [mortality, MI, CVA, arrhythmia, vascular, contrast agent rxn, hemodynamic complication, heart chamber perforation, others]