Echocardiographic features of post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation thrombosis and endocarditis.
Marco SparteraFrancesco AnconaMarta BarlettaIsabella RosaStefano StellaClaudia MariniLeonardo ItaliaMatteo MontorfanoAzeem LatibOttavio AlfieriAlberto MargonatoAntonio ColomboEustachio AgricolaPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
The combination of Doppler and leaflets parameters can improve the echocardiographic diagnosis of THV thrombosis in post-TAVI patients with suspicious symptoms, via a significant increase in the overall test specificity. This would potentially allow more rational gatekeeping to more expensive/invasive diagnostic examinations (eg, CT scan) or therapeutic trials (eg, unnecessary anticoagulation).
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- left ventricular
- pulmonary embolism
- computed tomography
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- left atrial
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- atrial fibrillation
- dual energy
- venous thromboembolism
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- blood flow
- heart failure
- physical activity
- structural basis