title: [Computed axial tomography (cat) in the diagnosis of diseases of the heart and aorta (author's transl)].
abstract: Computed axial tomography (CAT) was used in 70 patients with diagnostic problems centering on the heart (47 patients) or the aorta (23). The method proved suitable for the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and serial control of pericardial effusions and also well demonstrated intracardiac tumours. Aortic aneurysms are also easily demonstrated and their extent can be exactly defined. But aortic wall dissection and stenosis of arteries arising from the aorta are not visualized and therefore require angiography.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Die axiale Computertomographie (CT) in der Diagnostik der Erkrankungen des Herzens und der Aorta.