Cyanosis other imaging findings
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Zand, M.D.[2] Amandeep Singh M.D.[3]
Overview
Overview
Cardiac catheterization is an invasive study for the anatomic and physiological assessment of patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease
Cardiac catheterization
Cardiac catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is the gold standard for the anatomic and physiological assessment of patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease when determining of the anatomy of congenital heart disease is inadequate by noninvasive imaging.[1]
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Catheterization
| Recommendations for catheterization in congenital heart disease |
| (Class I, Level of Evidence A): |
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❑ Obtaining hemodynamic and anatomic data at the time of intervention |
| (Class I, Level of Evidence B) : |
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❑ Assessment of pulmonary resistance and reversibility of pulmonary hypertension in patients with CHD or primary pulmonary hypertension for surgical procedure or medical decisions |
| (Class I , Level of Evidence C) |
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❑ Assessment of patient before cardiac transplantation |
| (Class 2a, Level of Evidence B) |
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❑ Determination of pulmonary pressure/resistance and transpulmonary gradient in palliated single-ventricle patients before a staged Fontan procedure |
| (Class 2a, Level of Evidence C) |
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❑ In any CHD patient in whom complete diagnosis and information cannot be obtained by noninvasive testing |
References
References
- ↑ Feltes, Timothy F.; Bacha, Emile; Beekman, Robert H.; Cheatham, John P.; Feinstein, Jeffrey A.; Gomes, Antoinette S.; Hijazi, Ziyad M.; Ing, Frank F.; de Moor, Michael; Morrow, W. Robert; Mullins, Charles E.; Taubert, Kathryn A.; Zahn, Evan M. (2011). “Indications for Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention in Pediatric Cardiac Disease”. Circulation. 123 (22): 2607–2652. doi:10.1161/CIR.0b013e31821b1f10. ISSN 0009-7322.
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