Key result
Diagnostic cardiac catheterization remains valuable for assessing pediatric complex lesions and pulmonary hypertension.
Diagnostic cardiac catheterization remains a valuable tool in the workup of pediatric heart disease despite the emergence of noninvasive imaging modalities.
Supports selective use in complex pediatric lesions; leaves open prospective comparisons with noninvasive imaging.
Although the utility of diagnostic cardiac catheterization in the clinical setting has diminished over the last years, due to the emergence of noninvasive imaging modalities, such as echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, catheterization for diagnostic reasons still constitutes a valuable tool in certain parts in the workup of pediatric heart disease. As a result, awareness of the main aspects of diagnostic catheterization is of great importance for the clinical cardiologist. In this article, the main variables measured and the main actions performed during diagnostic cardiac catheterization in children are discussed.
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Moustafa et al. (2016) conducted a review in Pediatric heart disease. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization was evaluated. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization remains a valuable tool in the workup of pediatric heart disease for specific indications such as complex lesions and pulmonary hypertension assessment.