Why the study?
Do CT and MRI improve the assessment of prosthetic heart valves compared to echocardiography?
Population
82 articles on surgical valves (experimental and patient studies)
Comparison
Cardiac computed tomography and magnetic… vs Echocardiography
Design
Systematic_review
Authors
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CT/MRI should supplement echocardiography for unresolved prosthetic valve cases; extends evidence for multimodal protocols in practice and trials.
Do CT and MRI improve the assessment of prosthetic heart valves compared to echocardiography?
CT and MRI serve as valuable complementary imaging tools to echocardiography for evaluating prosthetic heart valve pathology, including obstruction, endocarditis, and flow abnormalities.
Suchá et al. (2015) studied this question.
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