Demonstration of vascular ring anatomy with ultrafast computed tomography.
An infant with double aortic arch is reported in whom ultrafast computed tomography with three-dimensional volume reconstruction provided great anatomic detail of the vascular anomaly. This technique and magnetic resonance imaging may obviate the need for invasive angiography.
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Albert Starr Academic Center for Cardiac Surgery, St Vincent Heart Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA.
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods