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Cardiac catheterization was developed as a tool for observing the heart in action (diagnostic catheterization). Today, many repairs that once required surgery, can be accomplished by catheterization (interventional catheterization). A catheter is a very narrow tube fed into a vein or artery that leads to the heart.
Children's Hospital Boston is a strong leader in developing new diagnostic and interventional techniques using catheterization, especially for young patients. As the number and complexity of such techniques grows, the procedures require ever-greater specialization.
With six full-time physicians performing 1,600 procedures each year, the catheterization program at Children's is one of the largest in the country, and draws the most talented and ambitious fellows from around the world.
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