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Multimodality imaging in heart valve disease
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Open Heart
2016[]; 3
(1
): e000330
PMID26977308
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In patients with heart valve disease, echocardiography is the mainstay for
diagnosis, assessment and serial surveillance. However, other modalities, notably
cardiac MRI and CT, are used if echocardiographic imaging is suboptimal but can
also give complementary information to improve assessment of the valve lesion and
cardiac compensation to aid the timing of surgery and determine risk. This
statement discusses the way these imaging techniques are currently integrated to
improve care beyond what is possible with echocardiography alone.