Key result
Left heart catheterization via transseptal or anterior percutaneous left ventricular puncture in 111 infants and children resulted in left pneumothorax in only 2 patients (1.8%).
Why the study?
Is left heart catheterization safe and clinically useful in infants and children with heart disease?
Observational (n=111)
Is left heart catheterization safe and clinically useful in infants and children with heart disease?
Left heart catheterization via transseptal or anterior percutaneous approach is feasible in infants and children, with a low rate of significant complications.
Low complication rate supports feasibility in pediatric left heart catheterization; leaves open confirmation via prospective studies.
Experiences with left heart pressure measurements in 111 infants and children are reviewed. These studies were performed by means of transseptal left heart catheterization or anterior percutaneous left ventricular puncture. The only significant complication was the development of left pneumothorax in two patients following the latter procedure. The techniques are briefly described, and the importance of left heart catheterization in the clinical management of infants and children with heart disease is illustrated by means of selected clinical examples.
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Brockenbrough et al. (1962) conducted an observational in Heart disease (n=111). Left heart catheterization (transseptal or anterior percutaneous left ventricular puncture) was evaluated on Significant complications. Left heart catheterization via transseptal or anterior percutaneous left ventricular puncture in 111 infants and children resulted in left pneumothorax in only 2 patients (1.8%).
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