Feasibility of real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography for guidance of percutaneous atrial septal defect closure | Zendy

J. A. Lodato | Zendy; Q.-L. Cao | Zendy; Lynn Weinert | Zendy; Lissa Sugeng | Zendy; John J. López | Zendy; RM Lang | Zendy; Ziyad M. Hijazi | Zendy

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Feasibility of real-time three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography for guidance of percutaneous atrial septal defect closure

Author(s) -

J. A. Lodato,

Q.-L. Cao,

Lynn Weinert,

Lissa Sugeng,

John J. López,

RM Lang,

Ziyad M. Hijazi

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

european journal of echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1525-2167

pISSN - 1532-2114

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jen337

Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , cardiology , closure (psychology) , radiology , law , political science

Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) and two-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography (2D TEE) are used in most centres for guiding transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) closure. ASDs have complex shapes that are not well characterized with 2D imaging. Real-time 3D TEE (RT3D TEE) provides en-face visualization of the ASD, allowing precise assessment of ASD dimensions. Accordingly, our aims were (i) to determine the feasibility of RT3D TEE to guide ASD closure and (ii) to compare ASD and balloon dimensions (BDs) using RT3D TEE vs. ICE and 2D TEE.

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