title: Cardiac catheterisation of patients with common arterial trunk and transposition of the great arteries.
abstract: Cardiac catheterisation continues to play an important role in the long-term management of patients with common arterial trunk and transposition of the great arteries. Although non-invasive imaging has largely eliminated the need for diagnostic catheterisation in newborns with these congenital cardiac lesions, cardiac catheterisation is an important tool for the diagnosis of a variety of problems encountered after surgical intervention, and allows interventions to be performed when feasible. We review the indications for cardiac catheterisation and describe the specifics for various interventional procedures for these patients in this manuscript.
authors: Divison of Pediatric Cardiology, All Children's Hospital, Outpatient Care Center, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA. gary.stapleton@allkids.org
authors: Gary E
authors: GE
authors: Stapleton
authors: Ivan
authors: I
authors: Wilmot
authors: Elsa J
authors: EJ
authors: Suh
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery