Hello @ladyjansen, When is your heart cath scheduled? Were you having specific symptoms that led your doctor to suggest this procedure? I had a heart cath just last year and had a lot of anxiety about it, however, the procedure is really very easily done and goes quite well. The hospital I went to, just received approval to do stents (rather than being taken by ambulance somewhere else), however, I did not need that type of treatment as it turned out. The catheter was threaded through my wrist so the recovery was quicker and I was out of the hospital after a couple of hours. Do you know if your catheter will be in the wrist or through the groin? If the groin is used the time in the hospital afterwards is a bit longer. Heart caths are great ways to rule out serious heart problems, they allow the doctor to see what's going on first-hand. I have electrical problems and my EKGs can look positively scary so the cath ruled out more serious problems. Please keep in touch and let us know if there are any questions you have. Teresa