Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Carola Gianni; Javier E Sanchez; Domenico G Della Rocca; Amin Al-Ahmad; Rodney P Horton; Luigi Di Biase; Andrea Natale

doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2021.03.009

Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2021 Jun;13(2):303-311. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2021.03.009. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

Authors

Carola Gianni¹, Javier E Sanchez², Domenico G Della Rocca², Amin Al-Ahmad², Rodney P Horton², Luigi Di Biase³, Andrea Natale⁴

Affiliations

¹ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA. Electronic address: carola.gianni@gmail.com.
² Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA.
³ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA; HCA National Medical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Nashville, TN, USA; Interventional Electrophysiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA; MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

PMID: 33990269
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2021.03.009

Abstract

Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is a valuable tool and should be standard of care in any modern electrophysiology laboratory. Through real-time imaging of cardiac anatomy, ICE is used to guide electrophysiology procedures and monitor for complications. This article is a short overview of the application of real-time ICE imaging during atrial fibrillation ablation procedures.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation ablation; Atrial fibrillation ablation complications; Intracardiac echocardiography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation / surgery*
Catheter Ablation / methods*
Echocardiography / methods*
Humans
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*