title: [Guidelines of clinical practice of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Requirements and equipment of invasive techniques in pediatric cardiology: clinical application].
abstract: Invasive techniques in pediatric cardiology have experienced a big change since the 80's. The growth of non-invasive methods for diagnosing congenital heart defects has made the number of diagnostic catheterizations decrease remarkably. On the other hand, the notable development of pediatric interventional catheterization techniques will allow that, in the near future, the number of therapeutic catheterizations overcomes the diagnostic ones in our country. The former are more difficult and dangerous, so they require experienced and skilled hands and more economic resources. This chapter is divided in three main sections: I) Requirements and equipment needed for pediatric invasive techniques; II) Current indications, contraindications and complications of the diagnostic catheterization, and III) Techniques, indications and results of pediatric therapeutic catheterization: current state. Likewise, we state the suitability or not for these therapeutic procedures in different cardiac anomalies.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcíbar Villa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García Fernández
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Larraya Aguado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moreno Granado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pan Alvarez-Osorio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santos de Soto
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000628:therapy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D000075202:Contraindications; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents