title: [Heart catheterization in newborn and young infants. Description of the method].
abstract: The data of 343 newborns and young infants were reviewed who, from 1968 until August 1982, had undergone heart catheterization. Variations in frequency of catheterization and diagnoses as well as lethality were investigated. The first rise of heart catheterization performances could be noted in the years of 1968 and 1969 (by routine application of the Rashkind procedure), another remarkable rise took place in the years from 1971 to 1975, probably due to better feasibilities of modern cardiac surgery. Later on, a new dynamic plateau was developed. With the utilization of echocardiography, a significant decrease of heart catheterization performances in certain diagnostic groups (HLH, PFC) was registered. Nowadays, however, new diagnostic challenges (infants with low gestational age, respiratory problems, PDA) require heart catheterization. Comparison of the different diagnostic groups' lethality rate reveals that children undergoing heart catheterization, in order to rule out TGA, demonstrate a remarkably higher lethality rate (27%) than children suffering from TGA (3.7%). Introduction of echocardiography has decreased this risk significantly.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000401:mortality; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn
vernacular_title: Herzkatheteruntersuchungen bei Neugeborenen und jungen Süglingen. Eine Verlaufsbeobachtung.