Evaluation of prosthetic valve obstruction on electrocardiographically gated multidetector-row computed tomography - Identification of subprosthetic pannus in the aortic position

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 418-423

  Ueda, Tomohiro ^a   Teshima, Hideki ^a,b   Fukunaga, Shuji ^a   Aoyagi, Shigeaki ^c   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chikamori Hospital   (India)

^c Munakata Suikokai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Cineradiography; Echocardiography; Multidetector row computed tomography; Prosthetic valve obstruction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; IOPAMIDOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 84873833126     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0290     Document Type: Article

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