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Improved Registration of 3D CT Angiography with X-ray Fluoroscopy for Image Fusion During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Published on: June 3, 2018
Incidental detection of malignancy during preprocedural workup for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A
Caglayan Demirel1, Daijiro Tomii1, Dik Heg2
1Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The aim of this retrospective analysis was to investigate the prevalence and prognostic importance of incidental malignancy detected during pre-TAVI computed tomography. Among 579 patients, CT-work-up for TAVI exposed previously undetected malignancy in 4.5% of patients. TAVI patients with a new malignancy had a 2.9-fold increased risk of death at 1 year, and a 16 month shorter mean survival time compared to patients with no malignancy.
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