title: Intrathoracic interventional vascular techniques in congenital cardiovascular disease.
abstract: Interventional radiologic techniques have been applied to the management of congenital cardiovascular abnormalities. Transcatheter embolization is now the procedure of choice in the treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Transluminal angioplasty has been successfully employed in the management of patients with congenital pulmonary and aortic valvular stenosis and may also be the treatment of choice for postoperative restenosis of coarctation of the aorta.
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000628:therapy; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000628:therapy; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities; D011859:Radiography