ABSTRACT
The constant technological improvements in CT have seen
it merge seamlessly from a research tool in cardiac imaging
to mainstream clinical utility in areas such as the assessment
of coronary artery disease. Although obviously not currently
the accepted gold standard for the assessment of the heart
valves over other imaging modalities such as echocardiogra-
phy, the increase in temporal and spatial resolution with the
current generation of 64-slice multidetector CT (MDCT)
scanners mean that excellent images can be obtained in most
patients of even these thin mobile structures. A huge wealth
of information about the heart valves is available from any
high specification cardiac MDCT scan regardless of the
original indication for the investigation. It is important that
this data is analyzed appropriately and commented upon.