Should We Quantify Valvular Calcifications on Cardiac CT in Patients with Infective Endocarditis?
Virgile ChevanceRemi ValterMohamed Refaat NouriIslem SifaouiAmina MoussafeurRaphael LepeuleEric BergoendSebastien MuleVania TacherRaphaelle HuguetThierry FolliguetFlorence Canoui-PoitrinePascal LimJean-François DeuxPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
The amount of valvular calcifications on CT was associated with embolism risk, rate of surgery and 1-year risk of death in patients with mitral IE, and germ's type in aortic IE raising the question of their systematic quantification in native IE.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- aortic valve
- image quality
- dual energy
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- minimally invasive
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- coronary artery bypass
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary artery
- magnetic resonance
- coronary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- acute coronary syndrome
- ejection fraction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- aortic dissection
- pet ct