title: [Role of pediatric cardiologists in the management of neonates with congenital heart disease].
abstract: Whether diagnosed before birth or suspected in a newborn, congenital heart diseases rapidly require an evaluation by the pediatric cardiologist. The role of the pediatric cardiologist is threefold: 1) to realize a careful anatomical examination using color Doppler echocardiography; 2) in many cases to perform a palliative or curative therapeutic act based upon interventional catheterization, such as Rashkind atrioseptotomy or percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty; and 3) whenever necessary, to take a rapid decision of cardiac surgery in concert with the cardiac surgeon, and to prepare the child for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie infantile, centre hospitalier universitaire de Nancy, hôpital d'enfants, allée du Morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. f.marcon@chu-nancy.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marçon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bosser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lucron
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lethor
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002309:Cardiology; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D003657:Decision Making; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010166:Palliative Care; D010372:Pediatrics; D010819:Physician's Role; D018570:Risk Assessment