Surgically corrected congenital heart disease: utility of 64-MDCT.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to review the CT appearance of postoperative morphology and complications after surgical correction of congenital heart anomalies.


CONCLUSIONS
Echocardiography is typically the initial imaging technique used for congenital heart disease; however, some thoracic regions are beyond the imaging scope of echocardiography, particularly after surgical revision. This article shows, through a series of illustrative cases, the usefulness of 64-MDCT in these patients.
Spevak
Philip J
PJ
Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Brady 5, 600 N Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. spevak@jhmi.edu
Johnson
Pamela T
PT
Fishman
Elliot K
EK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome