Multi-detector computed tomography is equivalent to trans-oesophageal echocardiography for the assessment of the aortic annulus before transcatheter aortic valve implantation

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2662-2669

  Rixe, Johannes ^a,b   Schuhbaeck, Annika ^b   Liebetrau, Christoph ^a   Moellmann, Helge ^a   Nef, Holger M ^b   Szardien, Sebastian ^a   Brandt, Roland ^a   Schmitt, Joern ^a,b   Neumann, Thomas ^a,b   Schneider, Christian ^b   Krombach, Gabriele ^b   Hamm, Christian W ^a,b   Achenbach, Stephan ^b   Rolf, Andreas ^a,b  

^a Kerckhoff Heart and Thorax Center ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic annulus; Aortic stenosis; Multi detector computed tomography; Trans esophageal echocardiography; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA; AORTA ANNULUS; AORTIC VALVE CALCIFICATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870327852     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2530-2     Document Type: Article

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