Journal
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 195-198Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2019.08.005
Keywords
TAVR; Bicuspid aortic valve; Multiplanar reconstruction
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Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease is a spectrum of anomalies ranging from mild underdevelopment of a commissure to severe underdevelopment of two interleaflets triangles. Many different classifications of BAV, based on the echocardiographic, surgical or pathological appearance of the valve, and more recently on cardiac CT, have been proposed. We describe a simple technique, based on three-dimensional curved multiplanar reconstruction images, to obtain a pathology-like visualization of the full line of insertion (Hinge) of the aortic valve leaflets and of the interleaflet triangles with cardiac CT. This method could help to obtain a detailed categorization of any specific BAV anatomy based on the degree of underdevelopment (or on the absence) of one interleaflet triangle. Adherence to this concept could help to improve the imaging based analysis of BAV patients undergoing TAVR, and could lead to the adoption of a BAV classification based on the effective pathologic appearance of the valve also for patients undergoing TAVR.
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