{"id":8880,"date":"2025-10-10T13:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=8880"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:52:06","slug":"the-role-of-intracardiac-echocardiography-ice-to-guide-structural-heart-interventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/the-role-of-intracardiac-echocardiography-ice-to-guide-structural-heart-interventions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) to Guide Structural Heart Interventions."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Role of Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) to Guide Structural Heart Interventions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: JSCAI \u2013 SCAI Position Statement, October 7, 2025<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Keynotes<\/div>\n<div><span> 1. Purpose:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) released a new position statement highlighting the expanding role of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) in structural heart interventions (SHD).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 2. Definition \u2013 Structural Heart Disease (SHD):<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 It refers to abnormalities in the anatomy or structure of the heart, either congenital or acquired, involving the valves, septa, or cardiac chambers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 In this context, structural heart interventions refer to catheter-based, minimally invasive procedures\u2014such as TAVR, MitraClip\/TMVR, and ASD\/PFO or LAA closure without open-heart surgey.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Clinical Value of ICE:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 ICE provides real-time, high-resolution intracardiac imaging to guide catheter-based interventions precisely and safely.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 It helps physicians visualize cardiac anatomy and device positioning during the procedure without needing general anesthesia.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 4. Advantages Over TEE:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 TEE may have limited imaging windows due to patient anatomy or esophageal position and requires intubation and general anesthesia.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 ICE overcomes these challenges, allowing minimally invasive procedures under conscious sedation with excellent visualization.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 5.\u00a0 Procedural Applications:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 ICE plays a vital role in:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 ASD\/PFO closure<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Mitral and pulmonary valve interventions<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 It helps detect complications such as paravalvular leak, leaflet dysfunction, or pericardial effusion.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 7. Implementation Guide:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 The statement includes a practical roadmap for centers adopting ICE, covering:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Training and credentialing<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jscai.org\/article\/S2772-9303(25)01392-4\/fulltext\">https:\/\/www.jscai.org\/article\/S2772-9303(25)01392-4\/fulltext<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Role of Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) to Guide Structural Heart Interventions. Source: JSCAI \u2013 SCAI Position Statement, October 7, 2025 Keynotes 1. Purpose: \u2022 The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) released a new position statement highlighting the expanding role of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) in structural heart interventions (SHD). 2. Definition \u2013 Structural Heart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8881,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8880\/revisions\/8881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}