4D Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided LA Appendage Closure Under Conscious Sedation: Initial Experience and Procedural Technique

Alok Sharma; Stefan Bertog; Venkat Tholakanahalli; Mackenzie Mbai; Y S Chandrashekhar

doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.09.025

4D Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided LA Appendage Closure Under Conscious Sedation: Initial Experience and Procedural Technique

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Nov;14(11):2254-2259. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.09.025. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

Authors

Alok Sharma¹, Stefan Bertog², Venkat Tholakanahalli², Mackenzie Mbai², Y S Chandrashekhar²

Affiliations

¹ Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Electronic address: Alok7281@gmail.com.
² Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 33221230
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.09.025

No abstract available

Keywords: 4D intracardiac echocardiography (ICE); Watchman; left atrial appendage closure; multiplanar reconstruction (MPR); transseptal puncture (TSP).

MeSH terms

Atrial Appendage* / diagnostic imaging
Atrial Fibrillation*
Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
Cardiac Catheterization / methods
Conscious Sedation
Echocardiography / methods
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Septal Occluder Device*
Treatment Outcome