Intracardiac echocardiography-facilitated ablation of a left-lateral bypass tract in a patient with atrial septal aneurysm.
Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been used as an adjunctive tool during electrophysiological procedures, mainly to increase the safety of transseptal puncture. We present the case of a young patient with a left-lateral bypass tract and atrial septal aneurysm, in whom ICE delineated the underlying anatomy, excluded the presence of thrombus and facilitated access to the left atrium through a small atrial septal defect, avoiding the risk of needle puncture for interatrial septal crossing.
Andrikopoulos
George K
GK
First Cardiac Department, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece. andrikop@hotmail.com
Tzeis
Stylianos
S
Tsilakis
Dimitrios
D
Kranidis
Athanasios
A
Manolis
Antonios S
AS
D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult