title: Recent advances in interventional pediatric cardiovascular disease.
abstract: Transcatheter therapy in children with congenital or acquired heart disease is a challenging, innovative, and constantly evolving field. In this article we review the various "nonsurgical" techniques that are currently available, with a discussion of their applications and an update on the recent advances in the field of interventional cardiology.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, New Haven, CT 06520-8064, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hellenbrand
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents