Guillaume Guimbretière, Thomas Sénage, Anne-Sophie Boureau, Jean-Charles Roos, Quentin Bernard, Baptiste Carlier, Joelle Veziers, Caroline Cueff, Nicolas Piriou, Guenola Coste, Imen Fellah, Coline Lelarge, Romain Capoulade, Philippe Jaafar, Thibaud Manigold, Vincent Letocart, Karine Warin-Fresse, Patrice Guérin, Cristina Costa, Marta Vadori, Manuel Galinañes, Rafael Manez, Jean-Paul Soulillou, Emanuele Cozzi, Vered Padler-Karavani, Jean-Michel Serfaty, Jean-Christian Roussel, Thierry Le Tourneau
AIMS: Aortic valve calcification (AVC) of surgical valve bioprostheses (BP) has been poorly explored. We aimed to evaluate in-vivo and ex-vivo BP AVC and its prognosis value. METHODS AND RESULTS: Between 2011 and 2019, AVC was assessed using in-vivo computed tomography (CT) in 361 patients who had undergone surgical valve replacement 6.4±4.3 years earlier. Ex-vivo CT scans were performed for 37 explanted BP. The in-vivo CT scans were interpretable for 342 patients (19 patients [5...
April 12, 2024: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging