Cardiovasc Imaging Asia.
2017 Oct;1(4):222-230. 10.22468/cvia.2017.00115.
Postoperative Complications after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
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- 1Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Cardiac Imaging Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea
- 3Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- 4Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 5Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2524850
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.22468/cvia.2017.00115
Abstract
- Aortic valve replacement is one of the most common major cardiac surgeries worldwide. Despite improvements in surgical techniques, postoperative complications after aortic valve surgery remain a source of substantial morbidity and mortality. Although transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography have been used for routine surveillance of prosthetic heart valves, computed tomography (CT) has played an important role with echocardiography in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients after valve replacement. CT has the advantage of evaluating the extent of disease, such as paravalvular dehiscence, abscess, and pseudoaneurysm, in aortic prosthetic valves. In this article, we review the various image findings of postoperative complications after aortic valve replacement detected on CT.
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