Large Field-of-View Intravascular Ultrasound for Mitral and Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Guidance: A Pilot Study.
Łukasz KalińczukGary S MintzWiktor SkotarczakKarol A SadowskiPatrycjusz StokołosaSara KochańskaZofia DzielińskaOlgierd WoźniakAgata KubikIlona KowalikLars SondergaardAdam WitkowskiIlona MichałowskaMarcin DemkowPublished in: Structural heart : the journal of the Heart Team (2024)
This pilot study is the first to report the feasibility of a large field-of-view IVUS for periprocedural measurement of actual THV expansion when deployed valve-in-valve. Minimal inner THV stent frame dimensions correlate with increased postprocedural transvalvular gradients.