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Dale A Burkett1, Pei-Ni Jone1, Kathryn K Collins1
1Division of Cardiology, Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
JACC. Case Reports
|July 28, 2021
Abstract:
The feasibility of transesophageal 3-dimensional echocardiography to reduce fluoroscopy in pacemaker lead placement has not yet been evaluated. This clinical vignette demonstrates the ability of 3-dimensional echocardiography to visualize intracardiac anatomy and the pacemaker lead and to guide positioning of the lead into the right atrial appendage, thus reducing fluoroscopy by nearly 50%. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

