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.
Keywords: Balloon angioplasty, coarctation of the aorta, newborn