Multidetector-row computed tomography allows accurate measurement of mechanical prosthetic heart valve leaflet closing angles compared with fluoroscopy

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 451-456

  Suchá, Dominika ^a   Symersky, Petr ^b   Vonken, Evert Jan P A ^a   Provoost, Esther ^a   Chamuleau, Steven A J ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac imaging; computed tomography; fluoroscopy; prosthetic heart valves

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLOSING ANGLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVES LEAFLETS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MECHANICAL; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE;

HEART;

GROWTH HORMONE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CARBOMEDICS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIFE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL HEART VALVE; MECHANICAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LEAFLET; MOTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901508876     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182ab5f15     Document Type: Article

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