title: ECG-gated MDCT after aortic and mitral valve surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review the utility of ECG-gated MDCT in evaluating postsurgical findings in aortic and mitral valves. Normal and pathologic findings after aortic and mitral valve corrective surgery are shown in correlation with the findings of the traditionally used imaging modalities echocardiography and fluoroscopy to assist in accurate noninvasive anatomic and dynamic evaluation of postsurgical valvular abnormalities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because of its superior spatial and adequate temporal resolution, ECG-gated MDCT has emerged as a robust diagnostic tool in the evaluation and treatment of patients with postsurgical valvular abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, JMH WW 279, 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33136.
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghersin
authors.forename: Claudia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Joel E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: Conrad J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Macon
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Runco Therrien
authors.forename: Diana E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Litmanovich
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000082882:Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; D055424:Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: ECG-gated MDCT; cardiac valves; echocardiography; fluoroscopy; paravalvular regurgitation; postsurgical valve abnormalities; prosthetic valves