title: Directions for the use of intracardiac high-frequency ultrasound scanning for monitoring pediatric interventional catheterization procedures.
abstract: Intravascular and intracardiac ultrasound imaging using high-frequency ultrasound catheters has a number of potential applications in pediatric cardiology.  This article reviews the current difficulties associated with interventional procedures for congenital heart lesions, the feasibility of intravascular ultrasound imaging in children, and its potential applications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center 92103.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sahn
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods