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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2], Atif Mohammad, M.D., Priyamvada Singh, MBBS
Other Imaging Findings
Cardiac Catheterization[1]
Cardiac catheterization could be diagnostic or therapeutic. These modalities are not very frequently used nowadays due to availability of better, easy and safe non invasive diagnostics tools such as echocardiography. The indications for their use are:
- To differentiate whether the etiology is cardiac or pulmonary (if uncertainty prevails even after non-invasive methods)
- Catheterization could be done if it is central for treatment. For e.g. in cases of complete transposition of great arteries, a cardiac catheterization with balloon atrial septostomy helps to prevent rapid deterioration in the child.
References
- ↑ Braunwald Zipes Libby. Heart disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 6th Edition chapter 43:W.B. Saunders ;.pp 1523
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