title: Computed tomography for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in pediatric and adult patients.
abstract: The development of multi-slice spiral computed tomography (CT) has increased the clinical use of cardiac CT imaging in patients with congenital heart disease. Multi-slice CT has the advantages of fast scan speed; high spatial resolution, enabling the acquisition of isotropic volume data; and simultaneous evaluation of airways and lung parenchyma, thus increasing the ability to answer most clinical questions about structural abnormalities in patients with congenital heart disease. When coupled with electrocardiography-gating, multi-slice spiral CT can be used in functional evaluations, including ventricular wall motion, ventricular ejection fraction, and motion of cardiac valves, as well as enabling the performance of high-quality coronary CT angiography. In this article, we review imaging techniques of multi-slice spiral CT and imaging findings in pediatric and adult patients with various congenital heart diseases.
authors: Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hwgoo@amc.seoul.kr
authors: Hyun Woo
authors: HW
authors: Goo
authors: In-Sook
authors: IS
authors: Park
authors: Jae Kon
authors: JK
authors: Ko
authors: Young Hwee
authors: YH
authors: Kim
authors: Dong-Man
authors: DM
authors: Seo
authors: Jeong-Jun
authors: JJ
authors: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*