Why and how to measure aortic valve calcification in patients with aortic stenosis

T Pawade, T Sheth, E Guzzetti, MR Dweck… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2019 - jacc.org
The first-line evaluation of aortic stenosis severity is Doppler echocardiography. However, in
up to 40% of patients, resting echocardiographic assessment of aortic stenosis severity is …

The complex nature of discordant severe calcified aortic valve disease grading: new insights from combined Doppler echocardiographic and computed tomographic …

MA Clavel, D Messika-Zeitoun, P Pibarot… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Objectives: With concomitant Doppler echocardiography and multidetector computed
tomography (MDCT) measuring aortic valve calcification (AVC) load, this study aimed at …

Measurement of aortic valve calcification using multislice computed tomography: correlation with haemodynamic severity of aortic stenosis and clinical implication for …

C Cueff, JM Serfaty, C Cimadevilla, JP Laissy… - Heart, 2011 - heart.bmj.com
Background Measurement of the degree of aortic valve calcification (AVC) using electron
beam computed tomography (EBCT) is an accurate and complementary method to …

Impact of aortic valve calcification, as measured by MDCT, on survival in patients with aortic stenosis: results of an international registry study

MA Clavel, P Pibarot, D Messika-Zeitoun… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Background: Aortic valve calcification (AVC) load measures lesion severity in aortic stenosis
(AS) and is useful for diagnostic purposes. Whether AVC predicts survival after diagnosis …

Computed tomography aortic valve calcium scoring in patients with aortic stenosis

T Pawade, MA Clavel, C Tribouilloy… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Computed tomography aortic valve calcium scoring (CT-AVC) holds promise
for the assessment of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). We sought to establish the clinical …

Aortic valve calcification as a marker for aortic stenosis severity: assessment on 16-MDCT

R Koos, AH Mahnken, AM Sinha… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The degree of valvular calcification in patients with aortic stenosis was
determined with retrospectively ECG-gated 16-MDCT and correlated with the severity of …

Aortic valve calcification on computed tomography predicts the severity of aortic stenosis

SJ Cowell, DE Newby, J Burton, A White… - Clinical radiology, 2003 - Elsevier
AIM: Incidental aortic valve calcification is often detected during computed tomography. The
aim was to compare the severity of valvular stenosis and calcification in patients with aortic …

Evaluation and clinical implications of aortic valve calcification measured by electron-beam computed tomography

D Messika-Zeitoun, MC Aubry, D Detaint, LF Bielak… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Electron-beam computed tomography (EBCT) is used to measure coronary
calcification but not for aortic valve calcification (AVC). Its accuracy, association with aortic …

Sex differences in aortic valve calcification measured by multidetector computed tomography in aortic stenosis

SR Aggarwal, MA Clavel… - Circulation …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is the intrinsic mechanism of valvular
obstruction leading to aortic stenosis (AS) and is measurable by multidetector computed …

Prevalence and Clinical Importance of Aortic Valve Calcification Detected Incidentally on CT Scans: Comparison with Echocardiography1

R Koos, HP Kühl, G Mühlenbruch, JE Wildberger… - Radiology, 2006 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To evaluate retrospectively the prevalence and grade of aortic valve calcification
incidentally detected on chest multi–detector row computed tomographic (CT) scans and to …