Comparison of the aortic valve calcium content in the bicuspid and tricuspid stenotic aortic valve using non-enhanced 64-detector-row-computed tomography with prospective ECG-triggering

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 471-475

  Ferda, Jiří ^a   Linhartová, Kateřina ^b   Kreuzberg, Boris ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Calcium score; Cardiac computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIUM ALLOYS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

AORTIC STENOSIS; AORTIC STENOSISES; AORTIC VALVES; CALCIUM CONTENTS; CARDIAC-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; PLAQUE MORPHOLOGIES; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSES; SUPINE POSITIONS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIES;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRICUSPID VALVE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 56349141276     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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