Differences in aortic valve area measured with CT planimetry and echocardiography (continuity equation) are related to divergent estimates of left ventricular outflow tract area

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1668-1673

  Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Mallya, Raghuram ^a   Sewell, Matthew ^a   Shulman, Matisyahu ^a   Zwas, Donna R ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Aortic valve area; Continuity equation; Coronary CT angiography; CT planimetry; Left ventricular outflow tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 67049144628     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1986     Document Type: Article

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