Must be obtained by a provider with procedural privileges, covering the indication, the planned procedure, reasonable alternatives, and material risks (bleeding, vascular injury, contrast reaction, MI, stroke, death, and procedure-specific risks such as perforation or tamponade for ablation/structural cases). Consent should be obtained with enough time before the procedure for the patient to ask questions, not as a rushed signature at the bedside immediately before sedation.
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