RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buckley, Rita
T1 Multislice Computed Tomography Advances State-of-the-Art TAVI
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 8
SP 18
OP 19
DO 10.1177/155989771208009
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/8/18.abstract
AB For patients with severe aortic stenosis, open-heart surgical valve replacement remains the current clinical standard with excellent long-term outcomes [Schoenhagen P et al. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2011]. For those with severe aortic stenosis who are considered too high risk for the traditional approach, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has proven to be a viable treatment option [Sinning JM et al. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 2012]. This article discusses the use of aortic multislice computed tomography for TAVI screening.