title: Future horizons for catheter-based interventions in adult congenital and structural heart disease.
abstract: In recent decades, there has been an exponential growth in both the number and range of catheter-based interventions for adult congenital and structural heart disease. In this article, we discuss the rationale for the ongoing development of minimally invasive multidisciplinary interventions; the required training elements necessary to achieve expertise in the field; the cardiac team needed to best perform these interventions; and the currently available and up and coming technologies for performing transcatheter valve therapies.
authors.affiliation: Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Harsimran S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Osten
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Horlick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*