title: Update: Cardiac Imaging (II). Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Advantages and Limitations of Different Cardiac Imaging Techniques.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an established therapy for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis and contraindications or high risk for surgery. Advances in prostheses and delivery system designs and continuous advances in multimodality imaging, particularly the 3-dimensional techniques, have led to improved outcomes with significant reductions in the incidence of frequent complications such as paravalvular aortic regurgitation. In addition, data on prosthesis durability are accumulating. Multimodality imaging plays a central role in the selection of patients who are candidates for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, procedure planning and guidance, and follow-up of prosthesis function. The strengths and limitations of each imaging technique for transcatheter aortic valve replacement will be discussed in this update article.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
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authors: Podlesnikar
authors: Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: V.Delgado@lumc.nl.
authors: Victoria
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authors: Delgado
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques; D004452:Echocardiography; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
keywords: Aortic valve stenosis; Estenosis valvular aórtica; Paravalvular regurgitation; Regurgitación paravalvular; Sustitución percutánea de válvula aórtica; Three-dimensional imaging; Transcatheter aortic valve replacement; Técnicas de imagen tridimensionales