Journal Article

Intracardiac echocardiography Chinese expert consensus

Zei, Paul C., Xuebin, Han, Hua, Fu, Yan, Li, Yun, Zhang, Zulu, Wang, Xiaochun, Zhang, Di Biase, Luigi, Deyong, Long, Jingquan, Zhong, Min, Tang, Yumei, Xue, Chenyang, Jiang, Jinlin, Zhang, Huimin, Chu, Changsheng, Ma, Daxin, Zhou, Xuebin, Li, Wei, Zhang

2022

Overview

In recent years, percutaneous catheter interventions have continuously evolved, becoming an essential strategy for interventional diagnosis and treatment of many structural heart diseases and arrhythmias. Along with the increasing complexity of cardiac interventions comes ever more complex demands for intraoperative imaging. Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is well-suited for these requirements with real-time imaging, real-time monitoring for intraoperative complications, and a well-tolerated procedure. As a result, ICE is increasingly used many types of cardiac interventions. Given the lack of relevant guidelines at home and abroad and to promote and standardize the clinical applications of ICE, the members of this panel extensively evaluated relevant research findings, and they developed this consensus document after discussions and correlation with front-line clinical work experience, aiming to provide guidance for clinicians and to further improve interventional cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment procedures.

• Publisher: Frontiers Media SA,Frontiers Media S.A
• Subject: Ablation / arrhythmia / Cardiovascular disease / Cardiovascular Medicine / Catheters / Clinical medicine / Congenital diseases / congenital heart disease / Heart / intracardiac echocardiography / left atrial appendage closure / Medical diagnosis / Meetings / structural heart disease / transseptal puncture / Ultrasonic imaging / Ultrasonic transducers / Writing / Zhang Wei