Cardiac computed tomography is a valuable tool for assessing prosthetic heart valves and determining the cause of dysfunction, as outlined in this consensus document.
How should cardiac computed tomography be used for the assessment of prosthetic heart valve dysfunction?
This consensus document standardizes the use of cardiac CT for assessing prosthetic heart valve dysfunction, detailing protocols for image acquisition, reconstruction, and interpretation.
Prosthetic heart valve (PHV) dysfunction is increasingly seen due to the increase in the number of PHV that are being implanted worldwide. Cardiac CT imaging has emerged as a valuable tool to assess PHVs and determine the cause of dysfunction. This consensus document first summarizes the available techniques for PHV assessment. Then the use of CT in PHV (dys)function assessment is discussed in detail including consensus statements for correct indications and patient selection for CT assessment of PHVs, image acquisition, reconstruction and measurement protocols and how to interpret and report the CT findings for specific types of PHV dysfunction.
Budde et al. (Mon,) conducted a review in Prosthetic heart valve (PHV) dysfunction. Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT) was evaluated. Cardiac computed tomography is a valuable tool for assessing prosthetic heart valves and determining the cause of dysfunction, as outlined in this consensus document.