Which diagnostic test was performed on the 80-year-old female during the cardiac evaluation?

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The main idea is imaging the heart’s blood vessels while also directly evaluating left ventricular function. Left heart catheterization with ventriculography does both: it provides a direct view of the coronary arteries to look for blockages and, with ventriculography, images the left ventricle to assess its size, contractility, ejection fraction, and valvular function in one procedure. This combination makes it the most informative single test for a comprehensive cardiac evaluation when ischemia or LV performance is a concern. Noninvasive options like transthoracic echocardiography can assess heart structure and function without entering the arteries, cardiac MRI offers detailed imaging and tissue characterization, and right heart catheterization measures pressures on the right side of the heart, not the left ventricle or coronary arteries.