IMR Press / RCM / Volume 15 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.3909/ricm0701

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Open Access Review
Multimodality Imaging in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
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1 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2014, 15(2), 75–85; https://doi.org/10.3909/ricm0701
Published: 30 June 2014
Abstract
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is a major advance that has dramatically changed our approach to elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis. This advance has been made possible by innovative device and delivery improvements, coupled with rapid developments in multimodality imaging. Multimodality imaging draws from multiple imaging fields and is central to patient evaluation and treatment. The primary modalities to date include transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography, computed tomography, and fluoroscopy. Each of these modalities carries a different weight in the various stages of patient selection, procedural guidance, monitoring, and follow-up. Multimodality imaging ensures optimal device selection, delivery, and patient safety, and will continue to advance as the next generation of aortic valve devices further advance cardiovascular care.
Keywords
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Transthoracic echocardiography
Transesophageal echocardiography
Computed tomography
Fluoroscopy
Intravascular ultrasound
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