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Intracardiac echocardiography: an ideal guiding tool for device closure of interatrial communications

2004; Oxford University Press; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.euje.2004.07.007

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Thomas Bartel, Thomas Konorza, Ulrich Neudorf, T EBRALIZE, Holger Eggebrecht, ACHIM GUTERSOHN, Raimund Erbel,

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Background This study sought to evaluate safety and radiation exposure when using intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) in comparison to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in order to guide transcatheter closure of interatrial communications.