A standardized protocol to reliably visualize the left atrial appendage with intracardiac echocardiography: Importance of multiple imaging sites.

Craig BasmanEdris AlderwishTarak RambhatlaAditi VaishnavItzhak KronzonStavros E Mountantonakis

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2018)

In comparison with CCTA, the LAA can be reliably visualized in its entity by ICE, but only if multiple imaging positions (RA, RV inflow, and RVOT) are used.

Keyphrases

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high resolution
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