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Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology
Electrophysiological mapping and ablation techniques are increasingly used to diagnose and treat many types of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias. These procedures require an intimate knowledge of intracardiac anatomy and their use has led to a renewed interest in visualization of specifi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC481083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15253772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-2-6 |
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author | Szili-Torok, T McFadden, EP Jordaens, LJ Roelandt, JRTC |
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description | Electrophysiological mapping and ablation techniques are increasingly used to diagnose and treat many types of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias. These procedures require an intimate knowledge of intracardiac anatomy and their use has led to a renewed interest in visualization of specific structures. This has required collaborative efforts from imaging as well as electrophysiology experts. Classical imaging techniques may be unable to visualize structures involved in arrhythmia mechanisms and therapy. Novel methods, such as intracardiac echocardiography and three-dimensional echocardiography, have been refined and these technological improvements have opened new perspectives for more effective and accurate imaging during electrophysiology procedures. Concurrently, visualization of these structures noticeably improved our ability to identify intracardiac structures. The aim of this review is to provide electrophysiologists with an overview of recent insights into the structure of the heart obtained with intracardiac echocardiography and to indicate to the echo-specialist which structures are potentially important for the electrophysiologist. |
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spelling | pubmed-4810832004-07-23 Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology Szili-Torok, T McFadden, EP Jordaens, LJ Roelandt, JRTC Cardiovasc Ultrasound Review Electrophysiological mapping and ablation techniques are increasingly used to diagnose and treat many types of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias. These procedures require an intimate knowledge of intracardiac anatomy and their use has led to a renewed interest in visualization of specific structures. This has required collaborative efforts from imaging as well as electrophysiology experts. Classical imaging techniques may be unable to visualize structures involved in arrhythmia mechanisms and therapy. Novel methods, such as intracardiac echocardiography and three-dimensional echocardiography, have been refined and these technological improvements have opened new perspectives for more effective and accurate imaging during electrophysiology procedures. Concurrently, visualization of these structures noticeably improved our ability to identify intracardiac structures. The aim of this review is to provide electrophysiologists with an overview of recent insights into the structure of the heart obtained with intracardiac echocardiography and to indicate to the echo-specialist which structures are potentially important for the electrophysiologist. BioMed Central 2004-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC481083/ /pubmed/15253772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-2-6 Text en Copyright © 2004 Szili-Torok et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL. |
spellingShingle | Review Szili-Torok, T McFadden, EP Jordaens, LJ Roelandt, JRTC Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology |
title | Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology |
title_full | Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology |
title_fullStr | Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology |
title_full_unstemmed | Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology |
title_short | Visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: Insights from electrophysiology |
title_sort | visualization of elusive structures using intracardiac echocardiography: insights from electrophysiology |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC481083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15253772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-2-6 |
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