Imaging of Cardiac Valves by Computed Tomography

Table 1

Aortic valve area (AVA) sizing. Correlation of CT with echocardiography, fluoroscopy, and MRT.

	Patients (𝑁)	Comparison of CT with:	Correlation coefficient (𝑅 value)
Ropers et al. 2009 [25]	50	TEE; CATH	0.93; 0.97
Lembcke et al. 2008 [16]	36	TTE; TEE; CATH	0.91; 0.82; 0.91
Li et al. 2009 [26]	36	TTE	0.79
Alkadhi et al. 2005 [31]	40	TTE	0.95
Feuchtner 2005	46	TTE	0.89
Bouvier et al. 2006 [21]	103	TTE	n/a; good agreement
Pouleur et al. 2007 [17]	48	TTE, TEE, MRT	0.92
Habis et al. 2007 [22]	52	TTE	0.76
Laissy et al. 2007 [23]	50	TTE	0.77
Leborgne et al. 2009 [19]	33	TTE	0.89
Feuchtner et al. 2007 [49]	36	TTE; TEE	0.88; 0.99
Tanaka et al. 2007 [20]	29	TTE	0.96
Lembcke et al. 2008 [16]	32	TTE; CATH	0.86; 0.90
Mean 𝑅 value			0.89

TTE: transthoracic echocardiography; TEE: transesophageal echocardiography; CATH: invasive catheterized angiography (=fluoroscopy); MRT: Magnetic resonance tomography. 𝑁: count.