Hybrid Imaging During Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions

Hybrid Imaging During Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions

Fusion of different imaging modalities has gained increasing popularity over the last decade. However, most fusions are done between static rather than dynamic images. In order to adequately visualize the complex three-dimensional structures of the beating heart, high-temporal and spatial image resolutions are mandatory. Currently, only the combination of transesophageal echocardiography with f...

Imaging during Transcatheter Interventions for Valvular Heart Disease

Valvular heart disease is a growing field, and the number of new approaches for percutaneous treatment is increasing rapidly. These procedures usually cannot be performed with fluoroscopy alone; allowing echocardiography to be an essential role inside the Cath Lab. Three-dimensional echocardiography, and the introduction of a novel imaging modality that integrates live echocardiography and live...

Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure.

Expanding Indications of Transcatheter Heart Valve Interventions.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been established as a less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery in inoperable or high-risk patients presenting with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis. The feasibility and efficacy of valve-in-valve implantation in degenerated surgical aortic bioprostheses have also been described and can currently be considered a valuable treatment ...

Multimodality Imaging in Transcatheter Mitral Interventions

Both echocardiography (specifically transesophageal echocardiography [TEE]) and multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) have played an integral role in preprocedural planning for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, heavily influencing the moniker of “multimodality imaging.” The strengths of each modalities are complementary (Table), although there is overlap between the preprocedural a...