Transpulmonary Echocardiography to Guide Stent Implantation into Coarctation of the Aorta. Issue 5 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Teramachi, Yozo; Suda, Kenji; Yoshimoto, Hironaga; Kishimoto, Shintaro; Kudo, Yoshiyuki; Iemura, Motofumi
• Is Part Of: Echocardiography. Volume 32:Issue 5(2015:May)
• Page Start: 872
• Page End: 874
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: intracardiac echocardiography -- hypertension -- endovascular treatment; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; Echocardiography -- Periodicals; 616.1207543
• DOI: 10.1111/echo.12896
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0742-2822

Abstract

Abstract : Although stent implantation into aortic coarctation has been performed solely under fluoroscopy, we successfully applied intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide this procedure in a 13‐year‐old patient. Placing an intracardiac echocardiographic catheter in the left pulmonary artery facing upward, we readily visualized the precise anatomy of coarctation, measured the pressure gradient, and monitored the stent inflation process. This report suggests a new application of ICE for intervention with structural and vascular diseases other than interatrial septum. Mini‐Abstract: Although stent implantation into aortic coarctation has been performed solely under fluoroscopy, we successfully applied intracardiac echocardiography to guide this procedure in a 13‐year‐old patient. Placing an intracardiac echocardiographic catheter in the left pulmonary artery facing upward, we readily visualized the precise anatomy of coarctation, measured the pressure gradient, and monitored the stent inflation process. This report suggests a new application of intracardiac echocardiography for intervention with structural and vascular diseases other than interatrial septum.