Transvenous Antegrade Balloon Angioplasty for Coarctation of the Aorta in a Newborn

The major complications encountered in heart catheterization via the arterial pathway are femoral artery injury and blood loss in newborn babies. The incidence of these complications would increase if angioplasty/valvuloplasty via arterial route is performed. We report a 2900-gr baby with coarctation of the aorta and ventricular septal defect in whom balloon ang ioplasty was performed transvenously.