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Continuous Ultrasonic Monitoring of Balloon Valvuloplasty
Author(s) -
Vahdat Arash,
Vijayasekaran Srihdar,
Durairaj Alex,
Mehra Anil,
Chandraratna P.A.N.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2002.00325.x
Subject(s) - interatrial septum , balloon , ultrasonic sensor , left atrium , medicine , catheter , commissurotomy , fossa ovalis , mitral valve , ultrasound , transducer , cardiology , radiology , acoustics , physics , atrial fibrillation
A novel ultrasound transducer developed in our laboratory (CONTISON) was used for monitoring catheter balloon commissurotomy (CBC). The transducer was placed at the cardiac apex to obtain an apical four‐chamber view and attached to the chest wall using an adhesive ring. During the procedure, the tip of the needle was imaged first in the right atrium and was seen to traverse the interatrial septum and enter the left atrium. Mitral valve gradients were measured before and after CBC.