Utility of cardiac computed tomography for evaluation of pannus in mechanical aortic valve

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1271-1280

  Suh, Young Joo ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Lee, Sak ^b   Hong, Yoo Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Hur, Jin ^a   Choi, Byoung Wook ^a   Chang, Byung Chul ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aortic valve replacement; Computed tomography; Mechanical valve; Pannus formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOMEDICS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIMITATION OF MOTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AORTA VALVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AORTIC VALVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84933679643     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0683-1     Document Type: Article

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