Computed Tomography Evaluation of Cardiac Valves: A Review

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 783-797

  Ketelsen, Dominik ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^b   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Vogel Claussen, Jens ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Cardiac valves; Computed tomography; Heart disease

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FIBROELASTOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MYXOMA; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955534161     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2010.04.007     Document Type: Review

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