Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided Device Closure of Non-PFO/ASD Shunts

BackgroundIntracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been used during transcatheter closure of simple atrial level shunts, but its use in more complex shunt lesions has not been well described.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective review of all cases of ICE use at Mayo Clinic from January 2002 to December 2013. We selected cases where ICE was used during closure of non-atrial septal defiects/patent foramen vale shunts. Data were collected about...