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Invited Commentary

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str 7, Kiel, D-24105 Germany

(Email: lutter@kielheart.uni-kiel.de).

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Intracardiac procedures are currently performed under fluoroscopic and two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic guidance, despite the fact that the displayed resolution is not optimal. In addition, all existing visualization methods, such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or 2D echocardiography allow only time-delayed visualization or are interpretable only by clinicians with extensive experience.

The work by Mihaljevic and colleagues [1] brings direct intracardiac in vivo imaging a step forward. Fiberoptic imaging during the cardiopulmonary bypass using a separate circulatory system . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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