title: Use of a new 8 French intracardiac echocardiographic catheter to guide device closure of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale in small children and adults: initial clinical experience.
abstract: Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has become an accepted imaging modality to guide device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO). The use of ICE to guide device closure of ASDs in small children (< 20 kg) has been very limited. We report on the use of a new, 8 Fr ICE catheter that possesses full color Doppler capabilities to guide device closure of ASDs in small children as well as to guide device closure of ASDs and PFOs in adult patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Luxenberg
authors.forename: Frank E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Silvestry
authors.forename: Howard C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: Qi-Ling
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rohatgi
authors.forename: Ziyad M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Hijazi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014159:Transducers