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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement using DynaCT
Author(s) -
Maeda Koichi,
Kuratani Toru,
Torikai Kei,
Shimamura Kazuo,
Sawa Yoshiki
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2012.01503.x
Subject(s) - medicine , valve replacement , stenosis , calcification , cardiac skeleton , radiology , aortic valve , aortic valve replacement , cardiology
A bstract We report a successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using syngo DynaCT (Siemens AG, Forchheim, Germany) in an 86‐year‐old man who had severe aortic valve stenosis. Syngo DynaCT is a cross‐sectional radiological imaging system that facilitates intraoperative imaging via interventional angiographic systems; this navigation system is useful during TAVR, especially in cases of poor calcification at the annulus. (J Card Surg 2012;27:551‐553)