Complications and mortality associated with cardiac catheterization in infants under one year: A prospective study

To evaluate complications and mortality following cardiac catheterization (CC) in patients under one year of age, we prospectively examined 312 CC on 273 patients from the centers in the New England Regional Infant Cardiac Program during a one-year period. Among CC performed on patients less than four months old, the incidence of complications requiring treatment was 12%; for patients 4–12 months, it was 1.5% (p<0.02). By pre-CC risk assessment,...