title: [Image diagnosis of aortic valve disease: an update].
abstract: Aortic valve disease is the most common acquired valvular disease and most often requiring surgical valve replacement in our environment. In this chapter the latest scientific contributions in the field of cardiac imaging in this disease (echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac computed tomography) are reviewed. Some of them have aroused large and lively debates in forums in recent years. These contributions have forced us to rethink some diagnostic criteria, and the management of this disease as well.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, España; Facultad de Medicina. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. Address: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital del Mar-Parc de Salut Mar, Paseo Marítimo 25, Barcelona, España. Email: mgomezpe@parcdesalutmar.cat.
authors.forename: Miquel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
keywords: aortic stenosis; computerized tomography; echocardiography; magnetic resonance imaging