iCi-FOCUS 2013 INTERVENTIONAL IMAGING – MORE THAN IMAGES! The range of interventional treatment options for structural heart diseases including congenital and valvular diseases has developed rapidly over the last years. Catheter-based procedures have emerged as a valuable alternative to medical and surgical therapy. Imaging, with the focus on echocardiography, plays the major role in patient selection, in intraprocedural guidance and in follow-up after the intervention.