Preoperative Planning for Structural Heart Disease.

Preoperative Planning for Structural Heart Disease. Radiol Clin North Am. 2020 Jul;58(4):733-751 Authors: Harowicz MR, Shah A, Zimmerman SL Abstract Preoperative assessment with computed tomography (CT) is critical before transcatheter interventions for structural heart disease. CT provides information for device selection, device sizing, and vascular access approach. The interpreting radiologist must have knowledge of appropriate CT protocols, how and where to obtain the important measurements, and know additional imaging characteristics that are important to describe for optimal support of the interventionalist. CT is the modality of choice for pre-operative evaluation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement and left atrial appendage occlusion, and is also useful before transcatheter mitral valve replacement, which is an ongoing area of research. PMID: 32471541 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiologic Clinics of North America - June 1, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Harowicz MR, Shah A, Zimmerman SL Tags: Radiol Clin North Am Source Type: research