Pediatrics

Congenital Malformation of the HeartThe pioneer advances in cardiac surgery of Gross75 and Blalock76 have greatly stimulated interest in the problems of congenital malformations of the heart. Surgical procedures that have been devised include treatment of patent ductus arteriosus, congenital vascular ring, coarctation of the aorta, tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary stenosis, mitral stenosis and other anomalies of blood vessels.Cardiac catheterization is a safe and useful procedure in the study of cardiopulmonary physiology as well as in the diagnosis of congenital malformations of the heart. The work of Cournand,77 , 78 Bing,79 80 81 82 Dexter,83 McMichael84 and others on catheterization of the chambers . . .