Review Article

Imaging of Cardiac Valves by Computed Tomography

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Aortoiliac CT Angiography for planning of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), using high-pitch 128-dual source CT. Severe calcifications of the abdominal aorta but the right iliac artery are spared from atherosclerosis and do not show tortousity. Transfemoral access was possible via the right iliac artery.
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