Katya Lucarelli, Tommaso Acquaviva, Paolo Ferrero, Emanuela De Cillis, Vito Casamassima, Eloisa Basile, Erasmo Cacciapaglia, Elia Iorio, Marcello Martimucci, Giacomo Cecere, Pierpaolo Petti, Rosa Caruso, Tommaso Langialonga, Alessandro Bortone, Massimo Grimaldi, Massimo Chessa
AIMS: We present the experience and long-term results of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)-guided closure of ostium secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) in two Italian centers and investigate its systematic applicability as the gold standard in routine clinical practice. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated all consecutive patients who underwent an ASD percutaneous closure procedure from March 2008 to February 2020. All patients underwent a preprocedural transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) evaluation...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine