Fig. 31.1 (a) Balloon-expandable Edwards Sapien (Edwards Lifesciences, California, USA) and (b) self-expanding CoreValve (Medtronic, Minnesota, USA) transcatheter valves with optimal implantation depth where half to two-thirds (Edwards Sapien) and…
Fig. 19.1 Tortuous iliofemoral arteries by angiography Fig. 19.2 (a) Aortoiliofemoral angiogram showing patent arteries with quantitative coronary angiography measurements >7 mm. (b) Bifurcation of right and left common iliac…
Fig. 30.1 Paieon’s C-THV system using first aortogram and marking orientation of the aorta Fig. 30.2 Paieon’s C-THV system showing multiple angle of perpendicularity based on two angiograms (#1 and…
Fig. 24.1 Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram using a parasternal long-axis view of the aortic root demonstrating a thickened, bright aortic valve. The aortic dimensions shown here include diameter of the left…
Study Approach TAVI System Mean age Logistic EuroSCORE % Periprocedure/30-day stroke % 30-day mortality 1-year stroke% 1-year survival Piazza et al. [6] Europe (51 sites) n = 646 TF: 646 CoreValve® TF:…
Fig. 28.1 Maximum intensity projection of a multidetector row CT angiogram demonstrating significant aortoiliofemoral calcific atheroma Recent efforts to minimize the contrast volume to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy associated with aortoiliofemoral…
Sequence Brief description SSFP (Steady-state free precession) Excellent tissue contrast between cardiac structures and blood pool in a time-resolved cine imaging sequence Useful for measuring chamber volumes, function and mass….
Edwards Sapien XT Medtronic CoreValve Annulus size and prosthetic valve size 18–22 mm Ë 23 mm valve 20–23 mm Ë 26 mm valve 21–25 mm Ë 26 mm valve…
Fig. 27.1 Reconstructing a double oblique transverse image of the basal ring from an MDCT in an 82-year-old male patient with severe symptomatic AS. From the coronal projection (a), a…
Etiology Mayo Clinic (1965)a (%) University of Minnesota (1979–1983)b (%) London (1976–1979)c (%) Mayo (1990)d (%) AFIP (1990–1997) (%) Toronto (2008)e (%) Bicuspid 49 49 56 36 30 32 Post-rheumatic…
