[Complicaciones relacionadas con el cateterismo cardíaco pediátrico y cardiopatías congénitas].

Introduction: Congenital heart diseases are the most common congenital abnormalities in newborns with a prevalence of 1%. Therapeutic and diagnostic cardiac catheterization has revolutionized the treatment of these diseases; however, it can be associated with complications.

Objective: To describe the incidence and type of complications associated with pediatric cardiac catheterization in a reference center for congenital heart defects.