Room for Improvement: Heart Catheterization Risks in Young Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Room for Improvement: Heart Catheterization Risks in Young Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/CAVD-header-1024x575-1.jpg 1024 575 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Katie-B-portrait.gifIdentifying risk factors for cardiac catheterization complications offers physicians a way to improve pulmonary hypertension care. Up until a few years ago, cardiac catheterization in patients with pulmonary hypertension was considered a low-risk procedure for children and young adults. Some of the country’s best physicians had published studies showing very few complications among hundreds of…
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