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Catheter‐based intracardiac echocardiography in the interventional cardiac laboratory
Author(s) -
Liu Zheng,
McCormick Daniel,
Dairywala Ismail,
Surabhi Satish,
Goldberg Sheldon,
Turi Zoltan,
Vannan Mani A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.20106
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , intracardiac injection , cardiac catheterization , radiology , cardiac imaging , cath lab , cardiology , myocardial infarction , conventional pci
Recent advances in technology have engendered a renewed enthusiasm in the use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide and assess cardiac interventions. AcuNav is a phased‐array sector imaging probe equipped with color and spectral Doppler capabilities. Previous‐generation imaging catheters yielded unfamiliar limited‐depth radial images with no flow information. Current imaging technology such as the AcuNav has not only consolidated the role of ICE but opened newer applications in the interventional laboratory. ICE has clear advantages over transesophageal echocardiography as the imaging modality of choice in the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiological laboratories. We review the technical evolution of ICE and describe the expanded utility of the AcuNav imaging catheter during cardiac interventions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004;63:63–71. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.