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Ultrasound Imaging of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

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Echocardiography remains the primary diagnostic test in clinical practice for evaluation of CAVD and for entry criteria and end points in clinical research trials. The clinical paradigm is changing for earlier interventions in asymptomatic severe AS with the improvement in surgical care and the advent of transcutaneous aortic valve replacement. Novel echocardiographic methods hold promise to help identify those that will benefit from early intervention. Although current therapies are invasive, development of potential medical therapies for CAVD may be on the horizon and will rely on echocardiography to demonstrate efficacy.

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Linefsky, J.P., Otto, C.M. (2015). Ultrasound Imaging of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease. In: Aikawa, E. (eds) Cardiovascular Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09268-3_11

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