Sentences with phrase «valve leaflet clots»
Said Hasan Jilaihawi, MD, director of Interventional Cardiology Imaging at the Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, «Our study also shows that the novel technique of four - dimensional high resolution CT is superior to routinely used transthoracic cardiac echocardiography for the detection of these valve leaflet clots.»
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«We wanted to find out if patients undergoing a tissue valve procedure are susceptible to blood clots on the leaflets and study the clinical consequences of the same.
Makkar began the study when a high - resolution imaging study of one of the patients in a clinical trial who had stroke showed clot formation on the aortic valve leaflets that open and close to regulate the flow of blood.