Pre-TAVI aortic annulus sizing: comparison between manual and semi-automated new generation software measurements in operators with different experience.

Autor: Annoni AD; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Mancini ME; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Carlicchi E; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.; ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy., Belmonte M; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.; Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV-Clinic, Aalst, Belgium., Formenti A; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Mushtaq S; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Marchetti F; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Cilia F; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Baggiano A; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Fusini L; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Bonomi A; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Gennari M; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Montorsi P; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Pepi M; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy., Pontone G; Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The British journal of radiology [Br J Radiol] 2023 Sep; Vol. 96 (1149), pp. 20220733. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 26.
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20220733
Abstrakt: Objectives: Aim of the study is to compare manual and semi-automatic measurements for aortic annulus assessment among different operators.
Methods: Eighty patients who underwent TAVI were retrospectively enrolled. The measurements manually performed by an experienced reader for aortic annulus (minimum and maximum diameters, perimeter, area), annulus-to-coronary ostia distance and time needed for the whole evaluation, were collected. The same operator (observer 1) and two less experienced readers (observer 2 and 3, with >5 years and 1 year of experience, respectively) assessed the same measurements using a semi-automatic software. Differences between manual and semi-automatic measurements, reading time and suggested valves size derived by CT were compared.
Results: Very good correlations were found between manual and software-aided measurements for aortic annulus area and perimeter in comparison with standard measurements for the three readers (ICC range 0.81-0.98). Good correlations were found for the distance with coronary ostia(0.75-0.79). The same area-derived prosthesis size for manual and semi-automatic measurements was selected in 96% of cases for observer 1; very good correlations were also found for observer 2 and 3 (ICC = 0.89 and 0.88, respectively). Using semi-automatic measurements, the mean time needed for CT images was significantly lower for observers 1 and 2 (1.50 and 1.72versus 3.14 min), respectively.
Conclusions: Pre-TAVI CT using semi-automatic software allows accurate and reproducible measurements, reducing reconstruction time up to 50% and is reliable even for operators with different experience.
Advances in Knowledge: The use of semi-automatic dedicated software for CT in TAVI planning is reliable even for operators without long time experience and allows accurate and reproducible measurements improving pre-TAVI workflow.
Databáze: MEDLINE