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Hand-held echocardiography during complex electrophysiologic procedures.

Selda Murat¹, Taner Ulus¹, Ahmet Serdar Yılmaz²

¹Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, Turkey.

Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research

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Summary

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Hand-held echocardiography (HHE) offers a faster and equally accurate method for diagnosing cardiac pathologies during complex electrophysiologic (EP) procedures compared to standard echocardiography (SE). This makes HHE a practical tool for improving patient care during these interventions.

Keywords:

Catheter Ablation Electrophysiology Hand-Held Echocardiography Standard Echocardiography

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Area of Science:

Cardiology
Medical Imaging
Electrophysiology

Background:

Complex electrophysiologic (EP) procedures require accurate and timely cardiac pathology recognition.
Standard echocardiography (SE) can be time-consuming and prone to complications during EP procedures.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the diagnostic accuracy and evaluation time of hand-held echocardiography (HHE) versus SE.
To assess the feasibility of HHE as a practical diagnostic tool during complex EP procedures.

Main Methods:

One hundred patients undergoing complex EP procedures were evaluated using SE and HHE.
Cardiac pathologies were assessed at the beginning and immediately after the procedure.
Diagnostic accuracy, evaluation time, and method agreement were compared.

Main Results:

HHE demonstrated significantly shorter opening and evaluation times than SE (P<0.001).
High agreement was observed between HHE and SE in diagnosing various cardiac pathologies, including aortic regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, pericardial effusion, and left ventricular thrombus.

Conclusions:

HHE provides comparable diagnostic accuracy to SE for cardiac pathologies during complex EP procedures.
HHE offers a significant time advantage, making it a practical and reliable tool for these interventions.