Heart catheterization in the investigation of congenital heart disease.

The recent advances in the surgical correction of some of the congenital heart defects have made the more accurate diagnosis of congenital heart disease a matter of considerable practical importance. The method of heart catheterization, which has been used extensively by a number of workers in the study of many cardiovascular problems, has recently been adapted to the investigation of congenital heart disease. The present report is based upon the study of 17 children with congenital heart disease in which this approach has been employed. [...