Comments on: Comparison of Aortic Root Dimensions and Geometries Before and After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation by 2-and 3-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography and Multislice Computed Tomography http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/1099 In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared minds. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Paul Schoenhagen, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/1099/comment-page-1#comment-973 Paul Schoenhagen, MD Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:09:59 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=1099#comment-973 Also read: Use of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty to Size the Aortic Annulus Before Implantation of a Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Heart Valve. Babaliaros VC, Junagadhwalla Z, Lerakis S, Thourani V, Liff D, Chen E, Vassiliades T, Chappell C, Gross N, Patel A, Howell S, Green JT, Veledar E, Guyton R, Block PC. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Jan;3(1):114-118. PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20129579?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=2" rel="nofollow">20129579</a> Also read:

Use of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty to Size the Aortic Annulus Before Implantation of a Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Heart Valve.
Babaliaros VC, Junagadhwalla Z, Lerakis S, Thourani V, Liff D, Chen E, Vassiliades T, Chappell C, Gross N, Patel A, Howell S, Green JT, Veledar E, Guyton R, Block PC.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Jan;3(1):114-118.
PMID: 20129579

]]> By: Ronen Rubinshtein, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/1099/comment-page-1#comment-916 Ronen Rubinshtein, MD Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:54:41 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=1099#comment-916 A similar excellent paper, with important information for operators from Dr. Schoenhagen's group is now published in JACC intervention (2010;3:105-113). Pre-Procedural Imaging of Aortic Root Orientation and Dimensions: Comparison Between X-Ray Angiographic Planar Imaging and 3-Dimensional Multidetector Row Computed Tomography. Vikram Kurra, Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu, Sandra S. Halliburton, Lars Svensson, Eric E. Roselli, Paul Schoenhagen. <a href="http://interventions.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/short/3/1/105" rel="nofollow">JACC intervention. 2010;3:105-113.</a> A similar excellent paper, with important information for operators from Dr. Schoenhagen’s group is now published in JACC intervention (2010;3:105-113).

Pre-Procedural Imaging of Aortic Root Orientation and Dimensions: Comparison Between X-Ray Angiographic Planar Imaging and 3-Dimensional Multidetector Row Computed Tomography.
Vikram Kurra, Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu, Sandra S. Halliburton, Lars Svensson, Eric E. Roselli, Paul Schoenhagen.
JACC intervention. 2010;3:105-113.

]]> By: Paul Schoenhagen, MD http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/1099/comment-page-1#comment-881 Paul Schoenhagen, MD Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:31:23 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=1099#comment-881 An additional interesting aspect will be to examine the deformation of the root structures during the cardiac cycle, and the impact of the TAVI on that. An additional interesting aspect will be to examine the deformation of the root structures during the cardiac cycle, and the impact of the TAVI on that.

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