Aortic intracardiac echocardiography-guided septal puncture during mitral valvuloplasty

Akkaya E., Vuruskan E., Zorlu A., Sincer I., Kucukosmanoglu M., Ardic I., ...More

EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING, vol.15, no.1, pp.70-76, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/ehjci/jet128
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.70-76
  • Keywords: Aortic intracardiac echocardiography, Venous intracardiac echocardiography, Transesophageal echocardiography, Mitral valvuloplasty
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and venous intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) are traditionally used to visualize the interatrial septum (IAS) and the tenting effect of the fossa ovalis in patients undergoing percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV). The aim of the present study was to assess the comparative efficacy and safety of arterial (intra-aortic) ICE and venous ICE, compared with TEE (traditional approach), in the patients undergoing PBMV.