A method for standardized computed tomography angiography-based measurement of aortic valvar structures

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2170-2178

  Del Valle Fernández, Raquel ^a   Jelnin, Vladimir ^a   Panagopoulos, Georgia ^a   Dudiy, Yuriy ^a   Schneider, Laurence ^a   De Jaegere, Peter T ^b   Schultz, Carl ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^b   Grube, Eberhard ^c   Ruiz, Carlos E ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HELIOS Heart Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic; Aortic valve; Computed tomography; Prosthetic; Stenosis; Valves

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA SINUS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956417930     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq093     Document Type: Article

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