Accuracy and reproducibility of aortic annulus sizing using a dedicated three-dimensional computed tomography reconstruction tool in patients evaluated for transcatheter aortic valve replacement

EuroIntervention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-346

  Stortecky, Stefan ^a   Heg, Dik ^b   Gloekler, Steffen ^a   Wenaweser, Peter ^a   Windecker, Stephan ^b   Buellesfeld, Lutz ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Clinical Research Clinical Trials Unit ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic annulus; Sizing; Transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC ANNULUS AREA; AORTIC ANNULUS MAXIMUM DIAMETER; AORTIC ANNULUS MINIMUM DIAMETER; AORTIC ANNULUS PERIMETER; AORTIC ANNULUS VIRTUAL DIAMETER; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84905442041     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV10I3A59     Document Type: Article

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