title: A comparison of echocardiographic modalities to guide structural heart disease interventions.
abstract: Percutaneous techniques to treat structural heart disease are rapidly evolving based on innovative interventions and the considerable advancement in image guidance technology. While two-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography have been integral to procedural planning and execution, intracardiac and three-dimensional echocardiography supply unique visualization of target structures with a potential improvement in patient safety and procedural efficacy. The choice of image guidance modality is based on specific differences between imaging systems, as well as other variables including cost, patient safety, operator expertise, and complexity of procedure. We will compare the adjunctive imaging tools for structural heart disease interventions, with a focus on intracardiac echocardiography and real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Marvin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Quaife
authors.forename: Ernesto E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Salcedo
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Carroll
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans