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Photorealistic imaging of left atrial appendage occlusion/exclusion
Author(s) -
Vainrib Alan F.,
Bamira Daniel,
Aizer Anthony,
Chinitz Larry A.,
Loulmet Didier,
Benenstein Ricardo J.,
Saric Muhamed
Publication year - 2019
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.14438
Subject(s) - occlusion , left atrial appendage occlusion , percutaneous , medicine , rendering (computer graphics) , appendage , anatomy , radiology , computer science , cardiology , computer graphics (images) , atrial fibrillation , warfarin
Recent improvements in 3D TEE post processing rendering techniques referred to as TrueVue (Philips Medical Systems, Andover, MA, USA). It allows for novel photorealistic imaging of cardiac structures including left atrial appendage (LAA) and its closure devices. Here we present TrueVue images of the LAA prior to and after LAA exclusion/occlusion using various percutaneous and surgical techniques. TrueVue may improve delineation of LAA anatomy prior to occlusion as well as visualization of occluder device position within the LAA.