Angiocardiography And Intervention In Congenital Heart And Great Vessel Disease

There are different ways to visualize the heart before and during interventions. Traditionally, the first methods were fluoroscopy and angiocardiography, but other possible methods will also be mentioned in this context. One of the major issues in modern imaging is to choose the right tool for the question to be answered. To be able to do this, one must be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of every single method. During one type of intervention echocardiography may be indispensable; for another, echocardiography would not be of any importance at all. Thus, knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of every method is of vital importance.