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Use of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Catheter Closure of Atrial Communications
Author(s) -
Koenig Peter R.,
Abdulla Raid,
Cao QiLing,
Hijazi Ziyad M.
Publication year - 2003
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/j.0742-2822.2003.03039.x
Subject(s) - intracardiac injection , patent foramen ovale , medicine , closure (psychology) , catheter , cardiology , radiology , political science , migraine , law
Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is slowly replacing transesophageal echocardiography as the preferred imaging tool to guide device closure of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale. This article is a brief review of the literature related to ICE, the technical aspects ICE imaging, techniques for obtaining the standard views, and the future directions of this methodology. (ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Volume 20, November 2003)