Progress in interventional treatment of children with congenital heart disease / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

The interventional treatment of congenital heart diseases has been developed for more than 50 years since Rashkind et al.performed balloon atrial septostomy in 1966.From the initial catheter examination and palliative operation to the current radical occlusion, stent implantation, valve replacement, etc, interventional catheterization has become one of main means of treating congenital heart disease.The interventional therapy of congenital heart disease in China has made great progress, but there is still a certain gap with developed countries.This article summarizes the progress of interventional treatments in septal defect diseases, aortic artery to pulmonary artery shunt diseases, valvular diseases, and hybrid therapy, in order to provide reference for the interventional treatment of congenital heart disease in China.