Vergadering gehouden op 18 december 1992 te Utrecht
J.Hess and M.Witsenburg (Rotterdam), Congenital diseases of heart and great vessels: cardiac surgery versus interventional cardiology
Management of cardiac disease by means of catheters during cardiac catheterisation, interventional cardiology, has gained a growing role, also in children with congenital heart disease. After the introduction of balloon septostomy for neonates with transposition of the great arteries by Rashkind in 1964, which decreased mortality substantially, it was Kan who reported in 1982 a new option to manage valvular pulmoninc stenosis (VPS) by means of percutaneous transluminal balloon valvuloplasty (PTBV). Since then, the use of…
Reacties