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Aortic Stenosis
Studies from Cleveland Clinic have provided new data on aortic stenosis
May 16th, 2009
"Percutaneous aortic valve replacement is an emerging therapy for selected patients with severe aortic stenosis. Preoperative imaging of the aortic root facilitates sizing and deployment of the percutaneous aortic valve replacement device," scientists in the United States report. "We compared morphologic characteristics of the aortic root in patients with aortic stenosis versus elderly gender-matched controls using multidetector computed tomography. Twenty-five consecutive subjects with severe calcific aortic stenosis referred for percutaneous aortic valve replacement and 25 elderly gender-matched controls were scanned on a Siemens Definition Dual Source (Siemens...
Source: Medical Imaging Week (2009-05-16)
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