Clinical ResearchCorrelation of Device Landing Zone Calcification and Acute Procedural Success in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations With the Self-Expanding CoreValve Prosthesis
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Key Words
calcification
procedural success
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AgS
Agatston score
AR
aortic regurgitation
AS
aortic valve stenosis
AVC
aortic valve calcification
CT
computed tomography
DLZ
device landing zone
DLZ-CS
device landing zone calcification score
LVOT
left ventricular outflow tract
MSCT
multislice computed tomography
PAR
paravalvular aortic regurgitation
PAR0
angiographic aortic regurgitation assessment immediately after device deployment
PAR1
angiographic aortic regurgitation assessment at the end of the procedure
PAR2
transthoracic echocardiography evaluation of the regurgitation grade 2 weeks after the procedure
TAVI
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
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Study devices have been provided by CoreValve. Drs. Gerckens and Grube are proctors for Medtronic/CoreValve. The first 2 authors contributed equally to this work.
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