Abstract： @@Over the past decade, the focus of the pediatric catheterization laboratory has changed dramatically from its primary function of providing diagnosis to offering treatment.Since Rashkind first described the technique for atrial septostomy in the setting of complete transposition of the great arteries in 1966, therapeutic catheterization techniques have replaced conventional surgery, including both corrective and palliative surgeries, for many lesions. Interventional catheterization has become an important modality in the treatment of congenital heart disease. In addition, in the staged management of complex congenital heart disease, better outcomes have been acquired by combined surgical and interventional catheterization strategies. Although great advances have been made in the therapeutic catheterization for congenital heart disease in some Chinese medical centers, there is considerable difference in both clinical applications and basic researches between China and other developed countries. Thus, it is very important to expand this advanced technique aggressively but carefully.