Sixty-Four–Section Cardiac Computed Tomography in Mechanical Prosthetic Heart Valve Dysfunction
Author(s) -
Sabahattin Gündüz,
Mehmet Özkan,
Macit Kalçık,
Ozan Mustafa Gürsoy,
Mehmet Ali Astarcıoğlu,
Süleyman Karakoyun,
Ahmet Çağrı Aykan,
Murat Biteker,
Tayyar Gökdeniz,
Hasan Kaya,
Mahmut Yesın,
Nilüfer Ekşi Duran,
Deniz Sevinç,
Tahsin Güneysu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.115.003246
Subject(s) - medicine , pannus , thrombus , thrombolysis , radiology , hounsfield scale , periprosthetic , cardiology , computed tomography , myocardial infarction , rheumatoid arthritis , arthroplasty
Distinguishing pannus and thrombus in patients with prosthetic valve dysfunction is essential for the selection of proper treatment. We have investigated the utility of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in distinguishing between pannus and thrombus, the latter amenable to thrombolysis.
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