3D echocardiographic analysis of aortic annulus for transcatheter aortic valve replacement using novel aortic valve quantification software: Comparison with computed tomography.
Anuj MedirattaKarima AddetiaDiego MedvedofskyRobert J SchneiderEric KruseAtman P ShahSandeep NathanJonathan D PaulJohn E BlairTakeyoshi OtaHusam H BalkhyAmit R PatelVictor Mor-AviRoberto M LangPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
Novel semi-automated 3DTEE analysis software can accurately measure aortic annulus in patients with severe AS undergoing TAVR, in better agreement with CT than the existing methodology. Accordingly, intra-procedural TEE could potentially replace CT in patients where CT carries significant risk.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- computed tomography
- dual energy
- aortic stenosis
- image quality
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- contrast enhanced
- aortic valve replacement
- positron emission tomography
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- early onset
- magnetic resonance
- peritoneal dialysis
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- data analysis
- high throughput
- patient reported outcomes
- left atrial