Percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) exclusion is an evolving treatment to prevent
embolic events in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. In the past few years multiple …

Echocardiography is a key assessment tool for the evaluation of cardiac structure and
function. The ability to image cardiac structures using 3-dimensional (3D) echocardiography …

Background Transesophageal echocardiograms (TEEs) performed during transcatheter
structural cardiac interventions may result in greater complications than those performed in …

We developed a 2.5× 6.6 mm 2 2-D array transducer with integrated transmit/receive
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for real-time 3-D intracardiac echocardiography …

Described here are systems and methods for affecting tissue within a body to form a lesion.
Some systems comprise tissue-affecting devices, devices that guide the advancement of the …

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1/1997 Swoyer (2006.01) 5,693,059 A 12/1997 Yoon (52) US Cl. 5,693,091 A 12/1997 …

Objectives: This study sought to describe a method of paravalvular leak closure using a
purpose-specific occlusion device. Background: Transcatheter closure of paravalvular leaks …

Guidance of catheter-based procedures is performed using fluoroscopy and 2-dimensional
transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Both of these imaging modalities have significant …

In this article, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for 3-D, high-frame-rate
ultrasound imaging probes is presented. The design is the first to combine element-level …

Objectives: The aims of this study were: 1) to assess the feasibility and reliability of
performing mitral valve area (MVA) measurements in patients with rheumatic mitral valve …