Comparison of aortic annulus diameter measurement between multi-detector computed tomography and echocardiography: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Accurate measurement of aortic annulus diameter is crucial for choosing suitable prosthetic size for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Several imaging methods are available for the measurement, but significant variability between different modalities has been ob...

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Main Authors: Ruifang Zhang, Yi Song, Yuanyuan Zhou, Lulu Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3597634?pdf=render