NYMC Faculty Publications

The Role of Far-Field Intravascular Ultrasound in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1186/s43044-021-00227-9

Journal Title

The Egyptian Heart Journal

First Page

102

Last Page

102

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-16-2021

Department

Medicine

Abstract

Precise and accurate characterization of the aortic valve complex is a vital step in the procedure planning for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Far-field intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a novel technology that can be utilized to assess aortic valve annulus and predict paravalvular leak, with comparable results to multi-detector computed tomography-the current gold standard in the preprocedural planning in TAVR. Far-field IVUS carries the advantage of minimal contrast use and lower radiation exposure. In this commentary, we describe two cases of far-field IVUS use during TAVR procedures and review its role as a complementary tool to current the imaging modalities used in TAVR.

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