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    Valvular Heart Disease Treatment in Challenging Patients

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    University Hospital Bonn, Heart Center, Germany
    Published on September 25, 2018

    Patient history

    Proprocedural assessment for aortic valve replacement.
    Preprocedural assessment of the aortic valve using CT imaging.

    Diagnosis and evaluation

    Interventional treatment of patients with high risk.
    Assessment of the mitral valve with 3mensio structural heart software. Preprocedural planning for TMViV.
    Fusion with preprocedural CT data and annotation of LVOT and 3mensio planning results to guide the mitral valve-in-valve implantation.

    Treatment

    Doppler blood flow test shows good results without indication of paravalvular leakage.

    Follow-up

    Artis zeego with PURE and Dual Source CT scanner SOMATOM Force.

    Comments

    Artis zeego with PURE and Dual Source CT scanner SOMATOM Force.

    By University Hospital Bonn, Heart Center, Germany
    1. The statements by Siemens Healthineers customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer’s unique setting. Since there is no “typical” hospital and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, case mix, level of IT adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.