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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Without Echocardiographic Control: Use of "Standby" Intracardiac Ultrasound

David Hildick-Smith, MD, MRCP^_*,_*, Miles Behan, DM, MRCP^_*, Peter Haworth, MRCP^_*, Bushra Rana, MRCP, Martyn Thomas, MD, FRCP

^_* Sussex Cardiac Centre, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust, Brighton, United Kingdom
Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

View larger version (156K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Contrast Assessment of the Positioning of the Device After Deployment of the LA Disc LA = left atrium/atrial; RA = right atrium.

View larger version (159K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 2 The Final Contrast Assessment of the Anatomical Placement of the RA Disc Abbreviations as in Figure 1.

View larger version (155K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 3 Long PFO Tunnel Demonstrated With Contrast Injection (A) RA tunnel aperture; (B) LA aperture; (C) intracardiac echocardiography probe. PFO = patent foramen ovale; other abbreviations as in Figure 1.