This article provides an overview of common and newer interventional cardiac catheterization procedures performed in pediatric patients.
May guide pediatric cath lab nursing protocols; extends literature but leaves open need for outcome validation.
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.
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