Interrupted aortic arch in a neonate: multidetector CT diagnosis.
We report the usefulness of multidetector CT angiography (CTA) in the diagnosis of interrupted aorta of a neonate. CTA is useful for evaluating malformations of the aortic arch, particularly in cases that cannot undergo conventional angiography or in which detailed information cannot be provided by echocardiography.
Cinar
Asli
A
Departments of Paediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. acinar@hacettepe.edu.tr
Haliloglu
Mithat
M
Karagoz
Tevfik
T
Karcaaltincaba
Musturay
M
Celiker
Alpay
A
Tekinalp
Gulsevin
G
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001027:Aortography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed