Age-related etiologies of aortic regurgitation with moderate or greater severity and coronary cusp bending: evaluation using transesophageal echocardiography.
Naoki HoshinoAkira YamadaYuka KawadaMeiko HoshinoSayuri YamabeKayoko TakadaKunihiko SugimotoHideo IzawaPublished in: Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) (2022)
Cusp bending was the most frequent etiology of AR in the elderly. Preoperative detection of cusp bending by TEE would expand the therapeutic strategy for AR, including aortic valvuloplasty.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- aortic dissection
- pulmonary hypertension
- patients undergoing
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- high intensity
- middle aged
- heart failure
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- label free
- real time pcr
- left atrial appendage