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Rotational angiography and 3D overlay in transcatheter congenital interventions

J Aboulhosn

The incidence of moderate and severe forms of congenital heart disease (CHD) is 6/1000 live births. Without early medical or surgical treatment, the majority of patients with complex CHD would not survive into adulthood. Over the past 60 years, surgical and medical advances have dramatically altered the once bleak prognosis of patients with CHD. In the current era, over 85% of patients with CHD survive to reach adulthood and most live productive and functional lives. Cardiac catheterization with angiocardiography has long been the gold standard for making and confirming hemodynamic and anatomical findings in patients with CHD.