Pre-procedural CT angiography inferior vena cava measurements: a predictor of mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Matthias EberhardGianluca MilaneseMichael HoStefan ZimmermannThomas FrauenfelderFabian NietlispachFrancesco MaisanoFelix C TannerThi Dan Linh Nguyen-KimPublished in: European radiology (2018)
• IVC measurements are moderate predictors of an elevated CVP in TAVI patients. • Pre-procedural IVC enlargement is a predictor of 1-year mortality after TAVI. • IVC enlargement is associated with right heart dysfunction in TAVI patients.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- inferior vena cava
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- patients undergoing
- chronic kidney disease
- aortic valve replacement
- newly diagnosed
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- pulmonary embolism
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes