Intracardiac Echocardiography

Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided Interventions

SEE PAGE 1036 I t may be surprising to realize that the initial work in intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) imaging appeared in the early 1960s, preceding the development of interventional catheterization procedures (1). The increasingly sophisticated catheter-based structural interventions that have emerged over the past decade, stimulated the growth of ICE to become an established imaging mod...

Intracardiac echocardiography use in children.

In their article, Bartel et al1 demonstrate the superiority of intracardiac echocardiography over conventional transesophageal echocardiography in guiding device closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) and patent foramen ovale (PFO).1 ASDs and PFOs can be successfully closed in children under transesophageal echocardiography guidance.2,3 Because the authors have not provided the reader with the...

Intracardiac echocardiography begs to differ.

Intracardiac echocardiography during percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement

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Radiofrequency catheter ablation guided by intracardiac echocardiography.

BACKGROUND Radiofrequency catheter ablation requires precise positioning of the ablation electrode. Fluoroscopically guided catheter manipulation has limitations, and there are risks of radiation exposure. The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of guiding catheter ablation within the right atrium with catheter-based intracardiac echocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS A 10F, 1...