title: Interventions in pediatric cardiac catheterization.
abstract: Since its inception in 1929, cardiac catheterization has undergone many changes. In the last two decades we have seen an evolution in cardiac catheterization from a diagnostic (anatomic and physiologic) to a therapeutic modality. This article highlights some of the more common and newer interventional procedures now performed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Sibley Heart Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Helen J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Diehl
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing