Intracardiac echocardiography during transcatheter interventions for congenital heart disease.
Although transesophageal echocardiography is often used for guidance during transcatheter interventions, few data exist regarding the use of the newer modality of intracardiac echocardiography. This brief report summarizes our single center experience using intracardiac echocardiographic guidance during transcatheter interventional procedures for congenital heart disease.
Rhodes
John F
JF
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. rhode028@mc.duke.edu
Qureshi
Athar M
AM
Preminger
Tamar J
TJ
Tuzcu
E Murat
EM
Casserly
Ivan P
IP
Dauterman
Kent W
KW
Prieto
Lourdes R
LR
Mesia
C Igor
CI
Lane
Geoffrey K
GK
Radvansky
Penny A
PA
Latson
Larry A
LA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional