Combined assessment of aortic root anatomy and aortoiliac vasculature with dual-source CT as a screening tool in patients evaluated for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 872-881

  Blanke, Philipp ^a   Euringer, Wulf ^a   Baumann, Tobias ^a   Reinöhl, Jochen ^a   Schlensak, Christian ^a   Langer, Mathias ^a   Pache, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic root dimensions; Aortoiliac CT angiography; Dual source CT; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; IMERON 350; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCREENING; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; URTICARIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958526561     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4232     Document Type: Article

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