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Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Procedure Planning and Guidance

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The role of non-invasive imaging for trans-catheter implant (TAVI) has increasingly been in procedure planning rather than peri-procedural imaging. With maturation of TAVI, there is movement to avoid general anaesthesia during the procedure, and rely mostly on fluoroscopy or a combination of trans-thoracic Echocardiography (TTE) and fluoroscopy. Accordingly, the emphasis is on optimal procedural planning to prevent peri-valvular leak (PVL) and complications such as annular rupture, and to establish the options for procedural access by evaluation of the vasculature. Thus, the following section will describe the role of imaging for TAVI planning followed by key steps for intra-procedural imaging.

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  1. Cardiology Department, Hôpital BICHAT, Paris, France

    Eric Brochet M.D.

  2. Marcus Heart Valve Center, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Christopher Meduri M.D., Vivek Rajagopal M.D. & Sarah Rinehart M.D.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, GVM Care and Research, MEH, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  2. Department of Cardiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

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Brochet, E., Meduri, C., Rajagopal, V., Rinehart, S. (2018). Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Procedure Planning and Guidance. In: Fattouch, K., Lancellotti, P., Vannan, M., Speziale, G. (eds) Advances in Treatments for Aortic Valve and Root Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66483-5_21

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