Cardiac CT angiography in children with congenital heart disease.

Autor: Siripornpitak S; Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. ssiripornpitak@yahoo.com, Pornkul R, Khowsathit P, Layangool T, Promphan W, Pongpanich B
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of radiology [Eur J Radiol] 2013 Jul; Vol. 82 (7), pp. 1067-82. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Dec 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.042
Abstrakt: Cardiac imaging plays an important role in both congenital and acquired heart diseases. Cardiac computed tomography (angiography) cCT(A) is a non-invasive, increasingly popular, complementary modality to echocardiography in evaluation of congenital heart diseases (CHD) in children. Despite radiation exposure, cCT(A) is now commonly used for evaluation of the complex CHD, giving information of both intra-cardiac and extra-cardiac anatomy, coronary arteries, and vascular structures. This review article will focus on the fundamentals and essentials for performing cCT(A) in children, including radiation dose awareness, basic techniques, and strengths and weaknesses of cCT(A) compared with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), and applications. The limitations of this modality will also be discussed, including the CHD for which cMRI may be substituted.
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