Prospective Registry of Patients Undergoing Cardiac CT With NAEOTOM Alpha Photon Counting-detector CT Before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Summary

The clinical and demographic characteristics of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) pose unique challenges for coronary computed tomography (CT) imaging, as this patient population is mainly composed of elderly, frail individuals with severe aortic stenosis, multiple comorbidities, high prevalence of heavily calcified coronary artery disease (CAD) and revascularized coronary arteries. Such vulnerable patients could benefit from a more precise assessment and characterization of their CAD with ultra-high resolution (UHR) photon-counting detector (PCD) CT that would potentially avoid the need for pre-implantation invasive coronary angiography (ICA). This international multicenter prospective registry study aims to investigate the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of PCD-CT in the assessment of CAD in the high-risk population of patients undergoing TAVI, as compared to ICA.

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Diagnostic Test
  Ultra-High Resolution Photon Counting Detector Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography

  Clinically indicated Ultra-High Resolution Photon-Counting Detector Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (UHR PCD-CT CCTA) for the pre-procedural evaluation of patients scheduled to undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

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