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ICU Admission Tool for Congenital Heart Catheterization (iCATCH) of Quinn et al: Precatheterization Cardiac Status Categories with Single Ventricle

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Quinn et al report the ICU Admission Tool for Congenital Heart Catheterization (iCATCH) for evaluating a patient with congenital heart disease. This uses catheterization risk categories and categories for pre-procedure cardiac status. The authors are from Boston Children's Hospital.


Patient selection: congenital heart disease, single ventricle

 

Parameters:

(1) oxygen saturation in percent

(2) mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAp in mm Hg)

(3) ventricular function

(4) atrioventricular valve regurgitation (AVVR)

 

Categories of risk

(1) low

(2) medium

(3) high

 

Parameter

Finding

Category

saturation

> 80%

1

 

70 to 80%

2

 

< 70%

3

mean PA pressure

normal

1

 

severely elevated (> 20 mm Hg)

3

ventricular dysfunction

none or mild

1

 

moderate or severe

3

AVVR

none or mild

1

 

moderate

2

 

severe

3

 


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