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Recommendations of the British Paediatric Cardiac Association for therapeutic cardiac catheterisation in congenital cardiac disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Shakeel A. Qureshi ,
Andrew N. Redington ,
Christopher Wren ,
Inga Ostman-Smith ,
Raman Patel ,
John L. Gibbs  and
Joe de Giovanni
Shakeel A. Qureshi*
Affiliation:
Guy's Hospital,London, UK
Andrew N. Redington
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Christopher Wren
Affiliation:
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Inga Ostman-Smith
Affiliation:
John Raddiffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Raman Patel
Affiliation:
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
John L. Gibbs
Affiliation:
Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
Joe de Giovanni
Affiliation:
The Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
*
Dr Shakeel A Qureshi, FRCP, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Guy's Hospital, 11th Floor Guy's Tower, St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RT, UK. Tel 0207 955 8772; Fax: 0207 955 4614, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The aims of these recommendations are to improve the outcome for patients after, and to provide acceptable standards of practice of, therapeutic cardiac catheterisation performed to treat congenital cardiac disease. The scope of the recommendations includes all interventional procedures, recognising that for some congenital malformations, surgical treatment is equally as effective as, or occasionally preferable to, interventional treatment. The limitations of the recommendations are that, at present, no data are available which compare the results of interventional treatment with surgery, and certainly none which evaluate the numbers and types of procedures that need to be performed for the maintenance of skills. Thus, there is a recognised need to collect comprehensive data with which these recommendations could be reviewed in the future, and re-written as evidence-based guidelines. Such a review will have to take into account the methods of collection of data, their effectiveness, and the latest developments in technology. The present recommendations should, therefore, be considered as consensus statements, and as describing accepted practice, which could be used as a basis for ensuring and improving the quality of future care.

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Guidelines for Treatment
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 6 , November 2000 , pp. 649 - 667
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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