title: [Imaging prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation].
abstract: Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is an established alternative to open heart surgery in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) unsuitable for conventional aortic valve replacement due to comorbidities with a high perioperative risk or contraindications. Preprocedural imaging plays a major role for adequate determination of indications and prosthesis selection, prosthesis sizing and therefore for a reduction of periprocedural complications. Besides Doppler echocardiography which is mainly used for grading of the severity of aortic valve stenosis and peri-interventional imaging, cardiac computed tomography (CCT) is the imaging modality of choice. The CCT procedure not only allows for reliably assessment and measuring of the complex 3-dimensional geometry of the aortic root but also for the aorta and the peripheral vessels used as potential access paths.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Herzzentrum Leipzig, Universität Leipzig, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Deutschland, matthias.gutberlet@herzzentrum-leipzig.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutberlet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Foldyna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grothoff
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lücke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Riese
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nitzsche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haensig
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: von Aspern
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holzhey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thiele
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schuler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linke
authors.forename: F-W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*