AUTHOR=Jingquan Zhong , Deyong Long , Huimin Chu , Hua Fu , Xuebin Han , Chenyang Jiang , Yan Li , Xuebin Li , Min Tang , Zulu Wang , Yumei Xue , Jinlin Zhang , Wei Zhang , Xiaochun Zhang , Daxin Zhou , Yun Zhang , Changsheng Ma , Zei Paul C. , Di Biase Luigi TITLE=Intracardiac echocardiography Chinese expert consensus JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1012731 DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.1012731 ISSN=2297-055X ABSTRACT=

In recent years, percutaneous catheter interventions have continuously evolved, becoming an essential strategy for interventional diagnosis and treatment of many structural heart diseases and arrhythmias. Along with the increasing complexity of cardiac interventions comes ever more complex demands for intraoperative imaging. Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is well-suited for these requirements with real-time imaging, real-time monitoring for intraoperative complications, and a well-tolerated procedure. As a result, ICE is increasingly used many types of cardiac interventions. Given the lack of relevant guidelines at home and abroad and to promote and standardize the clinical applications of ICE, the members of this panel extensively evaluated relevant research findings, and they developed this consensus document after discussions and correlation with front-line clinical work experience, aiming to provide guidance for clinicians and to further improve interventional cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment procedures.