title: Patient care for interventional cardiac catheterization.
abstract: This article describes the current management of patients undergoing an interventional cardiac catheterization. New catheters, monitoring equipment, and standards for skilled personnel have allowed for more aggressive and definitive treatments for improving the life of a fragile patient.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Monett
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing* / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care