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Interventional cardiology procedures in patients with congenital heart defects – the compendium for the paediatrician and family doctor
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Klinika Kardiologii, Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki, Polska
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Oddział Kardiologii Dziecięcej, Uniwersytecki Szpital Dziecięcy w Krakowie, Polska
Submission date: 2022-09-08
Acceptance date: 2022-10-03
Publication date: 2022-12-30
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Natalia Kowalska
Klinika Kardiologii, Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki, Rzgowska 281/289, 93-338, Łódź, Polska
LW 2022;100(4):222-227
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Percutaneous cardiac procedures performed in children with congenital heart defects have become a safe and minimally invasive alternative to cardiac surgery. The dynamic development of percutaneous treatment is a real challenge for the paediatrician and family doctor. In their daily medical practice, they have to deal more and more often with managing patients after such procedures on the occasion of other diseases. The widespread availability of non-invasive diagnostic methods (echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography) makes it possible to plan minimally invasive diagnostic or interventional procedures, which may include a palliative procedure, the next stage of treatment or a final treatment procedure.