Non-coronary percutaneous intervention

摘要

Although most percutaneous interventional procedures involve the coronary arteries, major developments in non-coronary transcatheter cardiac procedures have occurred in the past 20 years. In adults the commonest procedures are balloon mitral valvuloplasty, ethanol septal ablation, and septal defect closure. These problems were once treatable only by surgery, but selected patients may now be offered less invasive alternatives. Carrying out such transcatheter procedures requires supplementary training to that for coronary intervention.