Donʼt Let Cardiac Catheterization Strike Fear in Your Patientʼs Heart

Stress management training for parents and their children undergoing cardiac catheterization.

“…Children with congenital heart disease experience the stressors inherent in chronic illness as well as those related to the acute crisis of hospitalization for invasive procedures 12 . High levels of anxiety have consistently been identified at the time of cardiac catherization 7, 8, 18 . Children perceive catheterization as a noxious procedure and this experience may interact with previously existing conditions to produce longterm adverse effects 1 …”