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Diagnostic performance of quantitative coronary artery disease assessment using computed tomography in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic-valve implantation.

Daniel MalebrancheMaximilian K M HoffnerAdrian T HuberAleksandar CicovicGiancarlo SpanoBenedikt BernhardJoanna BartkowiakTaishi OkunoJonas LanzLorenz RäberFabien PrazStefan StorteckyStephan WindeckerThomas PilgrimChristoph Gräni
Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2022)
In routinely acquired pre-TAVI CTA, the image quality was insufficient in a high proportion of patients for the assessment of the entire coronary artery tree. However, when adding CACS in patients with low image quality to quantitative CTA assessment in patients with good image quality, obstructive CAD could be ruled-out in 1/5 of the patients and may therefore constitute a strategy to streamline pre-procedural workup, and reduce risk, radiation and costs in selected TAVI patients without prior coronary revascularization or device implants.
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