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Transpulmonary Echocardiography to Guide Stent Implantation into Coarctation of the Aorta
Author(s) -
Teramachi Yozo,
Suda Kenji,
Yoshimoto Hironaga,
Kishimoto Shintaro,
Kudo Yoshiyuki,
Iemura Motofumi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12896
Subject(s) - coarctation of the aorta , medicine , stent , fluoroscopy , cardiology , intracardiac injection , interatrial septum , catheter , pulmonary artery , aorta , aortography , radiology , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
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.