1 From the Children's Medical and Surgical Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
The use of the Swan-Ganz flow-directed right heart catheter should be a considerable aid in obtaining diagnostic information in complex congenital heart disease. It is safe and requires little technical expertise. Its use should decrease considerably the amount of radiation exposure to both patient and operator.
Submitted on April 16, 1971
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Double-Lumen Flotation Catheter for Use in Complex Congenital Cardiac Anomalies
Key Words: Swan-Ganz catheter Cyanotic heart disease
Accepted on July 20, 1971
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