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ReviewCurrent treatment options in cardiovascular medicine2016

The Crucial Role of Cardiac Imaging in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): Pre- and Post-procedural Assessment.

Saif Al-Najafi, Frank Sanchez, Stamatios Lerakis

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Review in Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saif Al-NajafiDepartment of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Frank SanchezDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Stamatios LerakisDepartment of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. sleraki@emory.edu.
Emory University · USEmory Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementTranscatheter valve interventions have emerged as one of the most important developments in structural heart disease over the past 20 years. Initially, these interventions were directed at patients with severe aortic stenosis and high surgical risk; however, their applications have extended to involve other native valves' pathologies, degenerated prosthetic valves, as well as patients of lower surgical risk. In this article, we discuss the importance of cardiac imaging in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) by exploring the current practices, guidelines, and recommendations with the supporting data. We believe that the key for a successful TAVR is careful pre-procedural planning and early detection of any possible post-implantation complications. To achieve this, multimodality imaging is cornerstone. Throughout the stages of patient-evaluation, echocardiography and computed tomography play complementary roles. MRI, on the other hand, has emerged as a useful tool in quantifying post-implantation paravalvular regurgitation.

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Aortic stenosisCardiac CTEchocardiographyTAVRTHVValve disease

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PMID27761871
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