Diagnostic Value of Aortic Valve Calcification Levels in the Assessment of Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis.
Rik AdrichemThijmen W HokkenSjoerd BouwmeesterOla AbdelkarimBirgit VogelDavid I BluszteinVerena VeulemansJurrien H KunemanMarcel L GeleijnseSarah VerhemelMark M P Van den DorpelIsabella KardysPim A L ToninoSu Min ChangNadeen N FazaStephanie JouHiroki A UeyamaJoanna BartkowiakTobias ZeusJeroen J BaxPhilippe B BertrandRebecca T HahnSusheel K KodaliStamatios LerakisRoxana MehranStephen H LittlePatrick HouthuizenNicolas M Van MieghemPublished in: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging (2024)
Multi-slice computed tomography-derived AVC scores showed poor discrimination between grades of AS severity using DSE and cannot replace DSE in the diagnostic work-up of low-gradient severe AS.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- drug induced
- contrast enhanced