Emanuela De Cillis, Tommaso Acquaviva, Raffaella Ursi, Nicolò Soldato, Paolo Basile, Paola Siena, Maria Cristina Carella, Andrea Baggiano, Saima Mushtaq, Laura Fusini, Mark G Rabbat, Gianluca Pontone, Tomaso Bottio, Alessandro Santo Bortone, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Aldo Domenico Milano, Andrea Igoren Guaricci
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Our aim was to evaluate the fluoroscopy time (FT), procedure time (PT) safety and efficacy when using intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) in comparison to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guidance for transcatheter closure of Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect (OS-ASD). METHOD: Ninety patients (n = 90) diagnosed with OS-ASD underwent transcatheter closure between March 2006 and October 2021. Fifty-seven patients were treated under ICE guidance, while 33 patients were treated under TEE guidance...
December 8, 2023: Echocardiography