Intracardiac echocardiography: Clinical utility and application

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 582-590

  Ali, Sheharyar ^a   George, Lekha K ^a   Das, Pranab ^a   Koshy, Santhosh K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; catheter ablation; electrophysiology; intracardiac echocardiogram; percutaneous interventional procedures

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULOPLASTY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 79956126783     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01395.x     Document Type: Review

References (73)

1. Kort S,: Intracardiac echocardiography: Evolution, recent advances, and current applications. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2006; 19: 1192-1201. (Pubitemid 44301808)
2. Maloney JD, Burnett JM, Dala-Krishna P, et al,: New directions in intracardiac echocardiography. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2005; 13 (Suppl 1): 23-29. (Pubitemid 41226490)
3. Glassman E, Kronzon I,: Transvenous intracardiac echocardiography. Am J Cardiol 1981; 47: 1255-1259. (Pubitemid 11126294)
4. Bom N, Lancee CT, Van Egmond FC,: An ultrasonic intracardiac scanner. Ultrasonics 1972; 10: 72-76.
5. Pandian NG,: Intravascular and intracardiac ultrasound imaging. An old concept, now on the road to reality. Circulation 1989; 80: 1091-1094. (Pubitemid 19261660)
6. Foster GP, Picard MH,: Intracardiac echocardiography: Current uses and future directions. Echocardiography 2001; 18: 43-48. (Pubitemid 32171688)
7. Hijazi ZM, Shivkumar K, Sahn DJ,: Intracardiac echocardiography during interventional and electrophysiological cardiac catheterization. Circulation 2009; 119: 587-596.
8. Chu E, Fitzpatrick AP, Chin MC, et al,: Radiofrequency catheter ablation guided by intracardiac echocardiography. Circulation 1994; 89: 1301-1305. (Pubitemid 24076558)
9. Kalman JM, Olgin JE, Karch MR, et al,: Use of intracardiac echocardiography in interventional electrophysiology. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1997; 20: 2248-2262. (Pubitemid 27407372)
10. Bartel T, Caspari G, Mueller S, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiography- Technology and clinical role. J Clin Basic Cardiol 2002; 5: 133-137.
11. Roberts JW, Lima JA,: Role of echocardiography in mitral commissurotomy with the Inoue balloon. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1994; 31 (Suppl 2): 69-75. (Pubitemid 24276434)
12. Kronzon I, Tunick PA, Schwinger ME, et al,: Transesophageal echocardiography during percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1989; 2: 380-385.
13. Levin TN, Feldman T, Bednarz J, et al,: Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of mitral valve morphology to predict outcome after balloon mitral valvotomy. Am J Cardiol 1994; 73: 707-710. (Pubitemid 24128866)
14. Hijazi Z, Wang Z, Cao Q, et al,: Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale under intracardiac echocardiographic guidance: Feasibility and comparison with transesophageal echocardiography. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2001; 52: 194-199. (Pubitemid 32115132)
15. Koenig P, Cao QL,: Echocardiographic guidance of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects: Is intracardiac echocardiography better than transesophageal echocardiography? Pediatr Cardiol 2005; 26: 135-139. (Pubitemid 41491641)
16. Herrmann HC, Silvestry FE, Glaser R, et al,: Percutaneous patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect closure in adults: Results and device comparison in 100 consecutive implants at a single center. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005; 64: 197-203. (Pubitemid 40189188)
17. Bartel T, Konorza T, Arjumand J, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiography is superior to conventional monitoring for guiding device closure of interatrial communications. Circulation 2003; 107: 795-797. (Pubitemid 36241033)
18. Boccalandro F, Baptista E, Muench A, et al,: Comparison of intracardiac echocardiography versus transesophageal echocardiography guidance for percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect. Am J Cardiol 2004; 93: 437-440. (Pubitemid 38221351)
19. Koenig PR, Abdulla RI, Cao QL, et al,: Use of intracardiac echocardiography to guide catheter closure of atrial communications. Echocardiography 2003; 20: 781-787. (Pubitemid 37518670)
20. Marcus GM, Ren X, Tseng ZH, et al,: Repeat transseptal catheterization after ablation for atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2007; 18: 55-59. (Pubitemid 44963473)
21. Bidart C, Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, et al,: Radiofrequency current delivery via transseptal needle to facilitate septal puncture. Heart Rhythm 2007; 4: 1573-1576. (Pubitemid 350199249)
22. De Ponti R, Zardini M, Storti C, et al,: Trans-septal catheterization for radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. Results and safety of a simplified method. Eur Heart J 1998; 19: 943-950. (Pubitemid 28269108)
23. Epstein LM, Smith T, TenHoff H,: Nonfluoroscopic transseptal catheterization: Safety and efficacy of intracardiac echocardiographic guidance. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1998; 9: 625-630.
24. B-Lundqvist C, Olsson SB, Varnauskas E,: Transseptal left heart catheterization: A review of 278 studies. Clin Cardiol 1986; 9: 21-26. (Pubitemid 16140877)
25. Green NE, Hansgen AR, Carroll JD,: Initial clinical experience with intracardiac echocardiography in guiding balloon mitral valvuloplasty: Technique, safety, utility, and limitations. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004; 63: 385-394. (Pubitemid 39491417)
26. Bruch L, Parsi A, Grad MO, et al,: Transcatheter closure of interatrial communications for secondary prevention of paradoxical embolism: Single-center experience. Circulation 2002; 105: 2845-2848. (Pubitemid 34666096)
27. Mazic U, Gavora P, Masura J,: The role of transesophageal echocardiography in transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects by the Amplatzer septal occluder. Am Heart J 2001; 142: 482-488. (Pubitemid 32801633)
28. Earing MG, Cabalka AK, Seward JB, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiographic guidance during transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale. Mayo Clin Proc 2004; 79: 24-34. (Pubitemid 38018581)
29. Bruce CJ, Friedman PA,: Intracardiac echocardiography. Eur J Echocardiogr 2001; 2: 234-244. (Pubitemid 34110803)
30. Liu Z, McCormick D, Dairywala I, et al,: Catheter-based intracardiac echocardiography in the interventional cardiac laboratory. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004; 63: 63-71. (Pubitemid 39167084)
31. Salem MI, Makaryus AN, Kort S, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiography using the AcuNav ultrasound catheter during percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15: 1533-1537. (Pubitemid 36519679)
32. Koshy SK, Ahmed S, McMahon W, et al,: Utility of intracardiac echocardiography in moderate to high risk percutaneous transvenous mitral balloon commissurotomy [abstr]. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005; 65: 93.
33. Morton JB, Kalman JM,: Intracardiac echocardiographic anatomy for the interventional electrophysiologist. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2005; 13 (Suppl 1): 11-16. (Pubitemid 41225152)
34. Haissaguerre M, Jais P, Shah DC, et al,: Spontaneous initiation of atrial fibrillation by ectopic beats originating in the pulmonary veins. N Engl J Med 1998; 339: 659-666. (Pubitemid 28402090)
35. Haissaguerre M, Shah DC, Jais P, et al,: Electrophysiological breakthroughs from the left atrium to the pulmonary veins. Circulation 2000; 102: 2463-2465.
36. Nademanee K, McKenzie J, Kosar E, et al,: A new approach for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Mapping of the electrophysiologic substrate. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 43: 2044-2053. (Pubitemid 38686799)
37. Pappone C, Rosanio S, Oreto G, et al,: Circumferential radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary vein ostia: A new anatomic approach for curing atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2000; 102: 2619-2628.
38. Jongbloed MR, Bax JJ, Lamb HJ, et al,: Multislice computed tomography versus intracardiac echocardiography to evaluate the pulmonary veins before radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: A head-to-head comparison. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005; 45: 343-350. (Pubitemid 40186782)
39. Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Valderrabano M, et al,: Impedance monitoring during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2005; 2: 914-920. (Pubitemid 41372275)
40. Ferguson JD, Helms A, Mangrum JM, et al,. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation without fluoroscopy using intracardiac echocardiography and electroanatomic mapping. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2009; 2: 611-619.
41. Olgin JE, Kalman JM, Chin M, et al,: Electrophysiological effects of long, linear atrial lesions placed under intracardiac ultrasound guidance. Circulation 1997; 96: 2715-2721. (Pubitemid 27451366)
42. Marrouche NF, Martin DO, Wazni O, et al,: Phased-array intracardiac echocardiography monitoring during pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation: Impact on outcome and complications. Circulation 2003; 107: 2710-2716. (Pubitemid 36667245)
43. Kalman JM, Fitzpatrick AP, Olgin JE, et al,: Biophysical characteristics of radiofrequency lesion formation in vivo: Dynamics of catheter tip-tissue contact evaluated by intracardiac echocardiography. Am Heart J 1997; 133: 8-18. (Pubitemid 27121233)
44. Bunch TJ, Asirvatham SJ, Friedman PA, et al,: Outcomes after cardiac perforation during radiofrequency ablation of the atrium. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2005; 16: 1172-1179.
45. Pappone C, Oral H, Santinelli V, et al,: Atrio-esophageal fistula as a complication of percutaneous transcatheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2004; 109: 2724-2726. (Pubitemid 38737918)
46. Keane D, Mansour M, Singh J,: Detection by intracardiac echocardiography of early formation of left atrial thrombus during pulmonary vein isolation. Europace 2004; 6: 109-110. (Pubitemid 38950176)
47. Mitchell-Heggs L, Lellouche N, Deal L, et al,: Transseptal puncture using minimally invasive echocardiography during atrial fibrillation ablation. Europace. 2010; 12: 1435-1438.
48. Olgin JE, Kalman JM, Fitzpatrick AP, et al,: Role of right atrial endocardial structures as barriers to conduction during human type I atrial flutter. Activation and entrainment mapping guided by intracardiac echocardiography. Circulation 1995; 92: 1839-1848.
49. Okishige K, Kawabata M, Yamashiro K, et al,: Clinical study regarding the anatomical structures of the right atrial isthmus using intra-cardiac echocardiography: Implication for catheter ablation of common atrial flutter. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2005; 12: 9-12. (Pubitemid 40558210)
50. Jongbloed MR, Bax JJ, Van Der Burg AE, et al,: Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular tachycardia guided by intracardiac echocardiography. Eur J Echocardiogr 2004; 5: 34-40. (Pubitemid 38219616)
51. Lamberti F, Calo L, Pandozi C, et al,: Radiofrequency catheter ablation of idiopathic left ventricular outflow tract tachycardia: Utility of intracardiac echocardiography. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2001; 12: 529-535. (Pubitemid 32452607)
52. Callans DJ, Ren JF, Narula N, et al,: Effects of linear, irrigated-tip radiofrequency ablation in porcine healed anterior infarction. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2001; 12: 1037-1042. (Pubitemid 32846498)
53. Bunch TJ, Weiss JP, Crandall BG, et al,: Image integration using intracardiac ultrasound and 3D reconstruction for scar mapping and ablation of ventricular tachycardia. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2010; 21 (6): 678-684.
54. Celigoj A, Cesarion D, Mahajan A, et al,: Intra-coronary sinus echocardiography: A new approach to guide cardiac interventional procedures [abstr]. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49 (Suppl A): 133A-134A.
55. West JJ, Norton PT, Kramer CM, et al,: Characterization of the mitral isthmus for atrial fibrillation ablation using intracardiac ultrasound from within the coronary sinus. Heart Rhythm 2008; 5: 19-27.
56. Cesario DA, Valderrabano M, Cai JJ, et al,: Electrophysiological characterization of cardiac veins in humans. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2004; 10: 241-247. (Pubitemid 39024215)
57. Rodrigues AC, d'Avila A, Houghtaling C, et al,: Intrapericardial echocardiography: A novel catheter-based approach to cardiac imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004; 17: 269-274. (Pubitemid 38879259)
58. Horowitz BN, Vaseghi M, Mahajan A, et al,: Percutaneous intrapericardial echocardiography during catheter ablation: A feasibility study. Heart Rhythm 2006; 3: 1275-1282. (Pubitemid 44739697)
59. Segar DS, Bourdillon PD, Elsner G, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiography-guided biopsy of intracardiac masses. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1995; 8: 927-929.
60. Oishi Y, Okamoto M, Sueda T, et al,: Cardiac tumor biopsy under the guidance of intracardiac echocardiography. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64: 638-640.
61. Morton JB, Sanders P, Sparks PB, et al,: Usefulness of phased-array intracardiac echocardiography for the assessment of left atrial mechanical "stunning" in atrial flutter and comparison with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography. Am J Cardiol 2002; 90: 741-746. (Pubitemid 35279394)
62. Ren JF, Marchlinski FE, Callans DJ,: Left atrial thrombus associated with ablation for atrial fibrillation: Identification with intracardiac echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004; 43: 1861-1867. (Pubitemid 38622527)
63. Nakai T, Lesh MD, Gerstenfeld EP, et al,: Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (PLAATO) for preventing cardioembolism: First experience in canine model. Circulation 2002; 105: 2217-2222. (Pubitemid 34517168)
64. Macdonald ST, Newton JD, Ormerod OJ,. ICE off piste? closure of the left atrial appendage using ICE and local anaesthesia. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011; 77: 124-127.
65. Cohen TJ, Juang G,: Utility of intracardiac echocardiography to facilitate transvenous coronary sinus lead placement for biventricular cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. J Invasive Cardiol 2003; 15: 685-686. (Pubitemid 37409452)
66. Dalal A, Asirvatham SJ, Chandrasekaran K, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiography in the detection of pacemaker lead endocarditis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15: 1027-1028.
67. Cao QL, Zabal C, Koenig P, et al,: Initial clinical experience with intracardiac echocardiography in guiding transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects: Feasibility and comparison with transesophageal echocardiography. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005; 66: 258-267. (Pubitemid 41443033)
68. Pedone C, Vijayakumar M, Ligthart JM, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiography guidance during percutaneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiovasc Intervent 2005; 7: 134-137. (Pubitemid 41503230)
69. Citro R, Ducceschi V, Salustri A, et al,: Intracardiac echocardiography to guide transseptal catheterization for radiofrequency catheter ablation of left-sided accessory pathways: Two case reports. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2004; 2: 20.
70. Kim SS, Hijazi ZM, Lang RM, Knight BP,. The use of intracardiac echocardiography and other intracardiac imaging tools to guide noncoronary cardiac interventions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009; 53: 2117-2128.
71. Okumura Y, Henz BD, Johnson SB, et al,: Three-dimensional ultrasound for image-guided mapping and intervention: Methods, quantitative validation, and clinical feasibility of a novel multimodality image mapping system. Circ Arrhythmia Electrophysiol 2008; 1: 110-119.
72. Dong J, Dickfeld T, Dalal D, et al,: Initial experience in the use of integrated electroanatomic mapping with three-dimensional MR/CT images to guide catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006; 17: 459-466.
73. Seward JB,: Fantastic voyage through the cardiovascular system. Eur J Echocardiogr 2004; 5: 8-11. (Pubitemid 38219612)