title: Transpulmonary echocardiography to guide stent implantation into coarctation of the aorta.
abstract: Although stent implantation into aortic coarctation has been performed solely under fluoroscopy, we successfully applied intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide this procedure in a 13-year-old patient. Placing an intracardiac echocardiographic catheter in the left pulmonary artery facing upward, we readily visualized the precise anatomy of coarctation, measured the pressure gradient, and monitored the stent inflation process. This report suggests a new application of ICE for intervention with structural and vascular diseases other than interatrial septum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Yozo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Teramachi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: Hironaga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Motofumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iemura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
keywords: endovascular treatment; hypertension; intracardiac echocardiography