[Catheter interventions for congenital heart disease].
Interventional catheterization for congenital heart disease has rapidly developed over the last 2 decades. The role of interventions has evolved from replacing surgery altogether in some cases to complementing surgery in others. The most commonly used approaches to common cardiac lesions such as persistent arterial duct, atrial and ventricular septal defects, valvar stenosis, coarctation of the aorta and pulmonary artery stenosis are discussed.
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Thomas
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Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, UK. Thomas.Krasemann@gstt.nhs.uk
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000639:trends; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends