Routine Screening of Coronary Artery Disease With Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography in Place of Invasive Coronary Angiography in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
Alaide Chieffo,
Gennaro Giustino,
Pietro Spagnolo,
Vasileios F. Panoulas,
Matteo Montorfano,
Azeem Latib,
Filippo Figini,
Eustachio Agricola,
Chiara Gerli,
Annalisa Franco,
Manuela Giglio,
Micaela Cioni,
Ottavio Alfieri,
Paolo G. Camici,
Antonio Colombo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.621
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1941-7632
pISSN - 1941-7640
DOI - 10.1161/circinterventions.114.002025
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary artery disease , cardiology , mace , valve replacement , radiology , hazard ratio , coronary arteries , computed tomographic angiography , cohort , coronary angiography , angiography , confidence interval , artery , conventional pci , myocardial infarction , stenosis
CTCA performed as a routine noninvasive imaging tool in patients undergoing TAVR seems safe and effective allowing, with a single test, acquisition of information on aortic annulus anatomy, peripheral access sites, and evaluation of coronary anatomy.
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