{"id":7693,"date":"2025-06-27T16:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:55:15","slug":"scientific-summary-assessing-prosthetic-heart-valves-with-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/scientific-summary-assessing-prosthetic-heart-valves-with-ct\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Summary\u00a0 Assessing prosthetic heart valves with CT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Scientific Summary<\/div>\n<div>Assessing prosthetic heart valves with CT<\/div>\n<div>Source: JACC. Jun 16, 2025.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A new multi-society consensus statement has been released to guide clinicians on the use of cardiac CT for evaluating prosthetic heart valves (PHVs). This document is the result of collaboration among major medical societies including RSNA, ACC, ESCV, SCCT, STS, and others.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Key Points:<\/div>\n<div><span> 1. CT vs. Echocardiography:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 While echocardiography remains the first-line imaging tool, cardiac CT offers complementary insights, especially in complex or ambiguous cases.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 2. Types of Valves Covered:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Includes mechanical and bioprosthetic valves used in:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 SAVR (Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 TMVR\/SMVR (Transcatheter\/Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Discusses both modern bileaflet designs and older models (e.g., tilting disc, ball-and-cage).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> 3. Topics Addressed:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Imaging protocols and positioning<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Radiation and contrast considerations<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 CT postprocessing techniques<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Assessment of structural valve deterioration (SVD) and dysfunction<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Takeaway:<\/div>\n<div>Cardiac CT is increasingly vital in evaluating prosthetic valve dysfunction. This consensus offers a structured approach to optimize filling a critical gap in existing practice.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacc.org\/doi\/10.1016\/j.jacc.2025.05.035\">https:\/\/www.jacc.org\/doi\/10.1016\/j.jacc.2025.05.035<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Summary Assessing prosthetic heart valves with CT Source: JACC. Jun 16, 2025. A new multi-society consensus statement has been released to guide clinicians on the use of cardiac CT for evaluating prosthetic heart valves (PHVs). This document is the result of collaboration among major medical societies including RSNA, ACC, ESCV, SCCT, STS, and others. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7694,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693\/revisions\/7694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}