Preventing complicated transseptal puncture with intracardiac echocardiography: case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recently, intracardiac echocardiography emerged as a useful tool in the electrophysiology laboratories for guiding transseptal left heart catheterizations, for avoiding thromboembolic and mechanical complications and assessing the ablation lesions characteristics. Although the value of ICE is well known, it is not a universal tool for achieving uncomplicated access to the left atrium. We present a case in which ICE led to interruption of a transseptal procedure because several risk factors for mechanical complications were revealed.

Case presentation

A case of a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, and distorted intracardiac anatomy is presented. Intracardiac echocardiography showed a small oval fossa abouting to an enlarged aorta anteri

SUBMITTER: Shalganov TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC553997 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature