Intracardiac echocardiography-facilitated ablation of a left-lateral bypass tract in a patient with atrial septal aneurysm

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2008 Nov-Dec;49(6):437-40.

Abstract

Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been used as an adjunctive tool during electrophysiological procedures, mainly to increase the safety of transseptal puncture. We present the case of a young patient with a left-lateral bypass tract and atrial septal aneurysm, in whom ICE delineated the underlying anatomy, excluded the presence of thrombus and facilitated access to the left atrium through a small atrial septal defect, avoiding the risk of needle puncture for interatrial septal crossing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Heart Atria
  • Heart Conduction System / abnormalities*
  • Heart Conduction System / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / epidemiology
  • Heart Septum
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography
  • Young Adult