Does measurement of aortic valve calcification using multislice computed tomography correlate with haemodynamic severity of aortic stenosis in patients with a wide range of AS, including those with low EF?
Measurement of aortic valve calcification by multislice computed tomography correlates well with aortic valve area and can aid in assessing aortic stenosis severity, particularly in patients with low ejection fraction.
In this large series of patients with a wide range of AS, AVC was shown to be well correlated to AVA and may be a useful adjunct for the evaluation of AS severity especially in difficult cases such as patients with low EF.
Cueff et al. (2010) studied this question.