Thoracic Key

Fig. 16.1 Amplatzer Cardiac Plug (St. Jude Medical Inc., MN, USA) (left panel) and Watchman LAA closure device (Boston Scientific Natick, MA, USA) (right panel) (Image Courtesy of Boston Scientific)…

Fig. 17.1 The PLAATO occluder – a self-expanding nitinol cage with hooks on the struts of the cage for anchoring in the LAA. The whole occluder is covered with a…

Fig. 26.1 JR4 catheter coming from the aorta to the left ventricle, crossing VSD, and then from the right ventricle to the right atrium to the inferior vena cava A…

Fig. 27.1 Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) images (a) 2D parasternal short axis, (b) Doppler parasternal short axis, and (c) Doppler four chamber depicting the ventricular septal defect (VSD) (white arrows). Magnetic…

Fig. 6.1 CT scan preoperative evaluation of annulus and left main ostium height. Annulus size fits in between Edwards Sapien 23 and 26 mm. Huge calcification in left ventricle outflow…

Fig. 14.1 Severe MR at basal TTE in apical four-chamber view Fig. 14.2 Coaptation gap at basal TTE (a) and TEE (b). Flail width measured at TEE intercommissural view (c)…

Fig. 12.1 Left ventricle volumes and ejection fraction (a) and left ventricle diameters (b). A two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography at baseline shows a postinfarction dilated cardiomyopathy with severe left ventricle dysfunction…

Fig. 18.1 Baseline angiogram of LAA Fig. 18.2 Angiogram of LAA by sheath introducer Fig. 18.3 LAA perforation (black arrow) Fig. 18.4 No leakage before release the device Fig. 18.5…

Fig. 13.1 Two-dimensional TEE images showing the presence of a severe mitral regurgitation due to deep symmetric tethering with a central jet (a) and two commissural jets (b) Fig. 13.2…

Fig. 5.1 Aortic valve assessment. Transthoracic echocardiogram confirmed aortic bioprosthesis dysfunction with severe aortic regurgitation (a), confirmed on transesophageal echocardiogram (b). A short-axis transthoracic view demonstrated the appearance of a…