… excellent correlation between … valve is situated behind the sternum, sometimes making
it difficult to assess on TTE. Due to its anterior position, trans-esophageal echocardiogram (TEE) …

… Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is the commonest primary valve disorder with increasing
prevalence with age. Trans-thoracic echocardiogram … in the valve as well as aortic valve area. …

… aortic valve (AV) and mitral valve (MV). … valve (PV) and right heart function, and hemodynamic
assumptions in some quantitative analysis. Although transesophageal echocardiography …

… is routinely used for further evaluation of the valve area. Aortic valve area (AVA) on cardiac
CT has been shown to correlate with measurements obtained by TEE.[ 26 , 27 ] Using …

… Calculation of aortic valve area (AVA) and indexed AVA … Transesophageal echocardiogram
(TEE) allows detailed, … However, the degree of calcification does not correlate with a …

… strongly correlated with the severity of AS on echocardiogram… In addition, the correlation
was significant between the visual … gradient (p = 0.02) and aortic valve area (p = 0.02) in these …

… -gated CT and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The … studies were done with a
64-MDCT Toshiba Aquilion scanner (… the ascending aorta) to the bottom of the heart to achieve …

… If cardiac catheterization is performed, the aortic valve area can … CT-derived aortic regurgitant
orifice area correlated … The study concluded that 64-MDCT can accurately detect moderate …

… There was strong correlation for identification of moderate or … others used combined
transesophageal echocardiography, TTE … We found that aortic valve Rvols could be calculated …

… (aortic valve area of 1.0 to 1.5 cm 2 ), and severe (aortic valve area of less than 1.0 cm 2 ). …
Transesophageal echo is often reserved for patients when there is doubt on MDCT due to …