Tremendous advances in intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) have coincided with the evolution of interventional electrophysiology.This book is designed to provide both the electrophysiologist and echocardiographer with an in-depth view of the role and value of ICE during electrophysiologic procedures. A guide to techniques used for optimal ICE imaging in cardiac electrophysiology is provided. In addition, new and less-recognized uses of ICE in electrophysiological procedures are described and their clinical applications are presented. Illustrated with over 500 images, many of which are in color, the book can also be used as a practical atlas. Readers need not be experts in the field of echocardiography to benefit from this practical approach to intracardiac imaging in electrophysiology.
Author(s): Jian-Fang Ren, Francis E. Marchlinski, David J. Callans, David Schwartsman
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 256
Practical Intracardiac Echocardiography in Electrophysiology......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 Intracardiac Echocardiography: Basic Concepts......Page 13
2 Imaging Equipment and Right Heart Catheterization Technique......Page 17
3 Imaging Technique and Cardiac Structures......Page 30
4 Cardiac Anatomic and Functional Abnormalities Commonly Diagnosed in Patients Undergoing Electrophysiological Procedures......Page 53
5 Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiographic Imaging for Transseptal Catheterization......Page 68
6 Intracardiac Echocardiographic Imaging in Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia and Atrial Tachycardias......Page 86
7 Intracardiac Echocardiographic Imaging in Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation......Page 100
8 Left Heart Transducer Position......Page 129
9 Intracardiac Echocardiographic Imaging in Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia......Page 162
10 Intracardiac Echocardiographic Imaging in Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Patients with Ebstein’s Anomaly......Page 180
11 Monitoring and Early Diagnosis of Procedural Complications......Page 192
12 Utility for Experimental Electrophysiological Procedures in Swine......Page 220
Index......Page 247
