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SUBMITTER: Tsai IC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2763463 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsai I-Chen IC Hsieh Shih-Rong SR Chern Ming-Sheng MS Huang Hsiao-Ting HT Chen Min-Chi MC Tsai Wei-Lin WL Chen Clayton Chi-Chang CC
Texas Heart Institute journal 20090101 5
The high accuracy of multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) in evaluating prosthetic valve disorders has been confirmed. This, we believe, is the 1st report of the use of MDCT to detect and evaluate left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) pseudoaneurysms in patients who have undergone aortic valve replacement with prosthetic valves. We used MDCT to scan 21 such patients, 3 of whom had a small pseudoaneurysm in the LVOT. Each pseudoaneurysm projected away from the LVOT and had a narrow neck t ...[more]