A New Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Method to Quantify Aortic Valve Calcification

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
11014887	Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography	2018	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

AVC-3DEcho correlated with calcium weight obtained from pathologic analysis and MDCT. These data suggest that a bedside method for quantifying AV calcification with ultrasound is feasible.

Keywords

AVA AVs MDCT AVC TTE 3D echocardiography TAVI Transthoracic echocardiography Aortic stenosis Aortic valve stenosis Multidetector computed tomography Aortic valve two-dimensional Paravalvular regurgitation PVR aortic valve area Calcium scoring Arbitrary Unit transcatheter aortic valve implantation Aortic valve calcification

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A New Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Method to Quantify Aortic Valve Calcification

Authors

Thomas MD, Laureline MD, Elie PhD, Jean-François MD, PhD, Eric MD, Antonio MD, Costin MD, Jean-Paul MD, PhD, Nicole MD, GeneviÃ¨ve MD, PhD, Jean-Luc MD, PhD, Julien MD, PhD, Damien MD, Pascal MD, PhD,