Inter-individual variance and cardiac cycle dependency of aortic root dimensions and shape as assessed by ECG-gated multi-slice computed tomography in patients with severe aortic stenosis prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Is it crucial for correct sizing?

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 693-703

  Lehmkuhl, Lukas ^a   Foldyna, Borek ^a   Von Aspern, Konstantin ^a   Lücke, Christian ^a   Grothoff, Matthias ^a   Nitzsche, Stefan ^a   Kempfert, Jörg ^b   Haensig, Martin ^a   Rastan, Ardawan ^a   Walther, Thomas ^b   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a   Gutberlet, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Computed tomography; Effective diameter; Implantation; Percutaneous; Transcatheter

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA ROOT SHAPE; AORTA ROOT SIZE; AORTA SINUS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC VALVE PLANIMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORONARY TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERINDIVIDUAL VARIANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879552065     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0123-4     Document Type: Article

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