Transcatheter intervention in the neonate with congenital heart disease

A wide variety of transcatheter procedures have developed for palliation an d therapy of newborns with congenital heart disease. Over the past 30 years interventional cardiac catheterization has developed as a distinct subspec ialty, playing a major role in the management of infants and children with heart disease. This article discusses various procedures that are routinely performed in the newborn, either for palliation or therapy, as adjunct to surgery or in place of surgical intervention.