Spiral CT angiography in an infant with severe hypoplasia of a long segment of the descending aorta.
CT angiography, or the spiral CT technique, is a promising minimally invasive method of visualising the arterial vascular system and can be applied in children in whom ultrasound, MRI and/or angiography or cardiac catheterisation cannot be performed, or where an exact diagnosis cannot be made. CT angiography should be considered in special cases as a diagnostic alternative to MRI, ultrasound and angiography. As an example of the possibilities of CT angiography, a case is described in which hypoplasia of the descending aorta was diagnosed and a postoperatively encountered perigraft reaction was demonstrated. Perforation of the blood vessel could be excluded by CT angiography.
Brochhagen
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Cologne, Germany.
Benz-Bohm
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Mennicken
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Schickendantz
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Borowski
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Lackner
K J
KJ
D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene