A 5-year-old with a suspected ventricular septal defect is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. The child’s mother asks the nurse, 'Why does my little girl have to have that tube put into her heart?' The nurse should tell the mother that the cardiac catheterization will:

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A 5-year-old with a suspected ventricular septal defect is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. The child’s mother asks the nurse, 'Why does my little girl have to have that tube put into her heart?' The nurse should tell the mother that the cardiac catheterization will:






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