title: Intracardiac echocardiography-facilitated ablation of a left-lateral bypass tract in a patient with atrial septal aneurysm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: First Cardiac Department, Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece. andrikop@hotmail.com
authors.forename: George K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Andrikopoulos
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tzeis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsilakis
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kranidis
authors.forename: Antonios S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Manolis
mesh_terms: 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