Hybrid Imaging in the Catheter Laboratory: Real-time Fusion of Echocardiography and Fluoroscopy During Percutaneous Structural Heart Disease Interventions

Abstract

The EchoNavigator system is the first software to allow the merging of echocardiographic and fluoroscopic imaging data in real time during percutaneous interventions. This can reduce procedural time, and our group also recently demonstrated that this innovative fusion imaging technology reduces radiation exposure and fluoroscopic time due to better and faster understanding of the combination of soft tissue anatomy and catheter devices, resulting in less need to X-ray during the procedure.