A Simplified Fluoroscopic Method for Commissural Alignment Assessment With a Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Heart Valve
oleh: Mariama Akodad, MD, PhD, David Meier, MD, Georgios Tzimas, MD, Jonathon Leipsic, MD, Philipp Blanke, MD, David A. Wood, MD, John G. Webb, MD, Janarthanan Sathananthan, MB ChB, MD
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2023-05-01 |
Deskripsi
We sought to assess commissural alignment of the balloon-expandable valve on fluoroscopy. Commissural alignment was defined on fluoroscopy in 20 patients according to alignment of the valve commissural posts in the 3-cusp and the cusp-overlap view and correlated with post–transcatheter aortic valve replacement computed tomography. Agreement was strong between computed tomography and fluoroscopy (weighted Cohen’s kappa coefficient: 0.88). (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)