Boston Children’s cardiologist Kathy Jenkins and cardiac surgeon Christopher Baird explain the various tests that are needed before cardiac catheterization and surgery to treat pulmonary vein stenosis. They also detail what surgery entails.
The Department of Cardiology at the Benderson Family Heart Center is the largest pediatric cardiology center in the United States and one of the most specialized in the world.
Cardiac catheterization is a specialized procedure in which a long, flexible tube — a catheter — is inserted into a vein or artery and guided into the heart.