Intracardiac Echocardiography allows visualization of the heart from within the heart, using a small ultrasound transducer mounted onto a flexible and steerable catheter placed within one of the cardiac chambers.

Features:

• Allows for diagnostic and therapeutic information to be obtained during heart catheterization and electrophysiologic procedures
• Covers all aspects of intracardiac ultrasound
• Allows readers to become expert at both ICE image acquisition and help guide interpretation of this information during interventional and electrophysiologic procedures

Contents

• Introduction and Basic Echocardiographic Imaging Discussion
• Available ICE
• Overview of ICE Applications - includes procedural details, placement of ICE catheter, and discussion of risks of procedure
• Intracardiac Echocardiography Anatomy and Basic Image Acquisition Techniques
• ICE in Percutaneous ASD Closure
• ICE in the Percutaneous PFO Closure
• ICE in Other Interventional Procedures - VSD closure, MV repair, percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty, endomyocardial biopsy
• ICE in the Electrophysiology Lab - emphasizing its role in pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation
• ICE in other EPS Procedures
• Future Roles of ICE and 3D imaging

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