A dual contrast injection technique for multidetector computed tomography angiography of Fontan procedures
| Autor: | Sadaf T. Bhutta, Steven Greenberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Heart Defects
Congenital Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Contrast Media Coronary Angiography Fontan Procedure Fontan procedure Imaging Three-Dimensional Triiodobenzoic Acids medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging cardiovascular diseases Vein Child Cardiac imaging Computed tomography angiography medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Stenosis medicine.anatomical_structure Angiography cardiovascular system Female Radiology Venae cavae Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed Venous return curve |
| Zdroj: | The international journal of cardiovascular imaging. 24(3) |
| ISSN: | 1569-5794 |
| Popis: | Extracardiac and lateral tunnel Fontan palliations result in caval venous return to the branch pulmonary arteries without prior blood mixing in the right atrium. Single contrast injection techniques result in suboptimal pulmonary computed tomography angiography since blood streaming results in asymmetric pulmonary flow of injected contrast. We used a dual injection technique––dorsal foot vein and upper extremity vein to achieve optimal simultaneous opacification of the inferior and superior venae cavae and branch pulmonary arteries. The resulting dataset allowed for excellent 3D volume renderings and multiplanar reformat images useful for stenosis, aneurysm, and metal stent evaluation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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