Intracardiac Echocardiographic Guidance for Structural Heart Procedures: Current Utility as Compared to Transesophageal Echocardiography

Carter W English; Jason H Rogers; Thomas W Smith

doi:10.1016/j.iccl.2023.08.008

Intracardiac Echocardiographic Guidance for Structural Heart Procedures: Current Utility as Compared to Transesophageal Echocardiography

Interv Cardiol Clin. 2024 Jan;13(1):39-49. doi: 10.1016/j.iccl.2023.08.008. Epub 2023 Sep 29.

Authors

Carter W English¹, Jason H Rogers¹, Thomas W Smith²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California - Davis Medical Center, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2820, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California - Davis Medical Center, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2820, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37980066
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2023.08.008

Abstract

Over the past decade, engineering advances in intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) have improved the ability of an imager or interventionalist to guide not only interatrial septal procedures but now commonly left atrial appendage, tricuspid, and mitral procedures. When transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is not possible because of anatomic limitations, ICE has proved a useful tool to safely complete structural interventions. ICE will play a growing, key role in structural interventions where anatomic factors strongly favor an intracardiac perspective or augment TEE when imaging is suboptimal.

Keywords: Intracardiac echocardiography; Structural heart disease; Transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Appendage* / surgery
Atrial Fibrillation*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Humans
Treatment Outcome