Initial clinical experience using the Echo Navigator~-system during structural heart disease interventions

AIM: To present our initial clinical experience using this innovative software solution for guidance of percutaneous structural heart disease interventions.METHODS: Left atrial appendage, atrial septal defect and paravalvular leak closure, transaortic valve repair and Mitra Clip procedures were per...

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Published in:世界心脏病学杂志：英文版（电子版） 2015 (9), p.562-570
Main Author: Jan Balzer Tobias Zeus Katharina Hellhammer Verena Veulemans Silke Eschenhagen Eva Kehmeier Christian Meyer Tienush Rassaf Malte Kelm
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fusion
guidance
Percutaneou
imaging
Interventional
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Summary:AIM: To present our initial clinical experience using this innovative software solution for guidance of percutaneous structural heart disease interventions.METHODS: Left atrial appendage, atrial septal defect and paravalvular leak closure, transaortic valve repair and Mitra Clip procedures were performed in the catheter laboratory under fluoroscopic and echocardiographic guidance. The two-dimensional and three-dimensional images generated by the transesophageal echocardiography probe were interfaced with the fluoroscopic images in real-time using the Echo Navigator-system.RESULTS:The application of the novel image fusion technology was safe and led to a better appreciation of multimodality imaging guidance due to improved visualization of the complex relationship between catheter devices and anatomical structures.CONCLUSION:The Echo Navigator-system is a feasible and safe tool for guidance of interventional procedures in structural heart disease.This innovative technology may improve confidence of interventional cardiologists in targeting and positioning interventional devices in order to increase safety,accuracy,and efficacy of percutaneous interventions in the catheter laboratory.
ISSN:1949-8462
1949-8462