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The Current Status of Fluoroscopy and Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis—A Review Article
Author(s) -
Gürsoy Mustafa Ozan,
Kalçik Macit,
Karakoyun Süleyman,
Özkan Mehmet
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.12721
Subject(s) - medicine , fluoroscopy , thrombosis , complication , prosthesis , heart valve replacement , radiology , cardiology , heart valve , surgery
Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a potentially life‐threatening complication of heart valve replacement. Early diagnosis is crucial for the prevention of significantly morbid and lethal complications. Cinefluoroscopy (CF) and echocardiography have been widely used for diagnosing PVT. In recent years, the role of CF has declined since the introduction of transesophageal echocardiography and the great improvements in ultrasound technology including real time three‐dimensional imaging. Nevertheless, both echocardiography and CF provide different kinds of information on prosthesis function, and therefore they are considered as complementary and not alternative. In this review, we aimed to summarize the current status of CF and echocardiography in the diagnosis of PVT.