Research Article
Incidental Findings Diagnosed during Preprocedural Evaluation of TAVR
Table 2
Cardiovascular findings in computed tomography.
| | Patients (n) |
| Significant findings | | Atherosclerotic heart disease | 139 (89.6%) | (i) Coronary artery disease (critical stenosis) | 90 (58%) | Peripheral artery disease | 111 (71.6%) | (i) Rather than renal artery and carotid artery stenosis | 50 (32%) | (ii) Renal artery stenosis | 42 (27%) | (iii) Carotid artery stenosis | 21 (13.5%) | Increased pulmonary artery diameter | 53 (34%) | Ascending aorta dilatation | 32 (20.6%) | Pericardial effusion | 13 (8.3%) | Aortic aneurysm | 11 (7%) | Intracardiac thrombus | 3 (1.8%) | Bicuspid aorta | 2 (1.2%) | Aortic dissection | 1 (0.6%) |
| Nonsignificant findings | | Double unilateral renal artery | 3 (1.8%) | Retroaortic renal artery | 1 (0.6%) | Persistent left superior vena cava | 1 (0.6%) |
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