Prospective ECG-triggered, axial 4-D imaging of the aortic root, valvular, and left ventricular structures: A lower radiation dose option for preprocedural TAVR imaging

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 393-398

  Bolen, Michael A ^a   Popovic, Zoran B ^a   Dahiya, Arun ^b   Kapadia, Samir R ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Halliburton, Sandra S ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Cine imaging; CT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYSTOLE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84870758549     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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