title: Multimodality imaging in heart valve disease.
abstract: In patients with heart valve disease, echocardiography is the mainstay for diagnosis, assessment and serial surveillance. However, other modalities, notably cardiac MRI and CT, are used if echocardiographic imaging is suboptimal but can also give complementary information to improve assessment of the valve lesion and cardiac compensation to aid the timing of surgery and determine risk. This statement discusses the way these imaging techniques are currently integrated to improve care beyond what is possible with echocardiography alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Echocardiography , Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals , London , UK.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.affiliation: Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: Saul G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Myerson
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac CT , Guy's and St Thomas Hospitals , London , UK.
authors.forename: Ronak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajani
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Department , Derriford Road Hospital , Plymouth , UK.
authors.forename: Gareth J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Morgan-Hughes
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK.
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dweck
keywords: VALVULAR DISEASE