Role of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the percutaneous epicardial closure of the left atrial appendage

Deepak Joshi; Sula Mazimba; G Neal Kay; Navin C Nanda; Pohoey Fan; Florian Schlotter; Rajesh Venkataraman; Bhavin Dumaswala; Komal Dumaswala

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01821.x

Role of live/real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the percutaneous epicardial closure of the left atrial appendage

Echocardiography. 2012 Nov;29(10):1256-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01821.x. Epub 2012 Sep 28.

Authors

Deepak Joshi¹, Sula Mazimba, G Neal Kay, Navin C Nanda, Pohoey Fan, Florian Schlotter, Rajesh Venkataraman, Bhavin Dumaswala, Komal Dumaswala

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 23016575
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01821.x

Abstract

We are reporting the use of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography as a supplement to two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the percutaneous suture closure of the left atrial appendage.

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage; three-dimensional echocardiography; three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Appendage / diagnostic imaging*
Atrial Appendage / physiopathology
Atrial Appendage / surgery
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnostic imaging*
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrial Fibrillation / surgery
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Humans
Male
Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
Pericardium / surgery*