Data Sources: Literature review was performed: PubMed and EBSCOhost were searched using the terms central venous catheter, children, ultrasound, infection, thrombosis, and thromboembolism in ...

A urinary catheter is a hollow, flexible tube used to drain fluid from the bladder. Urinary catheters come in many sizes; can be used by men, women and children; and are generally needed when someone ...

Each year, more than 200 million catheters are used worldwide to treat vascular diseases, including heart disease and artery ...

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Authors of a recent review shared expert insights and tips for conducting cardiac catheterization procedures to diagnose pulmonary arterial hypertension. The authors reviewed insertion sites and ...

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common and symptomatic arrhythmia which can be resistant to conventional endocardial catheter ablation. The Hybrid Convergent procedure, combining initial ...

Most of the time, children with cyanotic heart disease need surgery to fix the problem in their heart or change their blood flow. Some heart conditions can be treated with a cardiac catheterization ...

For the catheterization procedure, a long, thin tube called a catheter is guided through the blood ... Learn more about the Cardiac High Risk Monitoring Program. After their third surgery, children ...

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a ... cardiothoracic surgeon will figure out if your child needs an aortic valve procedure. The procedures include: ...