Renaissance of Cardiac Imaging to Assist Percutaneous Interventions in Congenital Heart Diseases:The Role of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography and Multimodality Imaging

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Abstract

Percutaneous interventions have completely refashioned the management of children with congenital heart diseases (CHD) and the use of non-invasive imaging has become the gold standard to plan and guide these procedures in the modern era. We are now facing a dual challenge to improve the standard of care in low-risk patients, and to shift our strategies from the classic open chest surgery to imaging-guided percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients. Such rapid evolution of ultrasound technologies over the last 20 years have permitted the integration of transthoracic, transesophageal and intracardiac echocardiography into the interventional workflow to improve image guidance and reduce radiation burden from fluoroscopy and angiography. Specifically, miniaturization of transesophageal probe and advances in three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques have enabled real-time 3D image guidance during complex interventional procedure, In addition, multimodality and fusion imaging techniques harness the strengths of different modalities to enhance understanding of anatomical and spatial relationship between different structures, improving communication and coordination between interventionalists and imaging specialists. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of 3D imaging modalities and multimodal fusion in procedural planning and live guidance of percutaneous interventions. At the present times, 3D imaging can no longer be considered a luxury but a routine clinical tool to improve procedural success and patient outcomes.

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Avesani, M., Kang, S. L., Jalal, Z., Thambo, J. B., & Iriart, X. (2022). Renaissance of Cardiac Imaging to Assist Percutaneous Interventions in Congenital Heart Diseases:The Role of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography and Multimodality Imaging. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.894472

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