An aortic annular abscess (aortic root abscess) can occur as a complication of aortic valve endocarditis and is more common on a prosthetic aortic valve. This is diagnosed predominantly on ...

The valve is inserted intra-annulus with a stent protruding in the upper aorta supra annular. The patients are anticoagulated with warfarin for 2 months. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation ...

Physicians Becoming Comfortable With CT for TAVI To heartwire , Leipsic said the 3D aspect of CT imaging allows clinicians "a more granular assessment of the complex geometry of the aortic annulus ...

The impact of integration of a multidetector computed tomography annulus area sizing algorithm on outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A prospective, multicenter, controlled trial. J Am ...

The first step of the procedure is to do imaging studies of the ascending aorta and aortic root. Computer-aided design is used to create a 3‑dimensional model of the aorta, which is then used to make ...

"Valve performance is critical for all patients, but the impact of poor valve performance is magnified in patients with a small aortic annulus, who are at risk of receiving a valve that is not ...

Children with bicuspid aortic valves are known to develop aortic-root dilatation, regardless of the presence of stenosis or regurgitation. 4 Stretching of the valve annulus with balloon valvotomy ...

The prospective application of CT-guided annular sizing approach significantly reduced the incidence of paravalvular aortic regurgitation grade worse than mild after TAVR (7.5% vs. 21.9%; P =.045).