title: Multidetector computed tomography findings of double-outlet right ventricle associated with multiple cardiac and visceral anomalies.
abstract: A 25-year-old woman who had undergone the Blalock-Taussig shunt operation for double-outlet right ventricle (DORV) in her childhood was admitted to our hospital with mild cyanosis and dyspnea on exertion. To evaluate the precise complex anatomy of this abnormality, we carried out multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography. MDCT clearly revealed both an occluded Blalock-Taussig shunt and a complex cardiac anatomy, including DORV, a doubly committed ventriculoseptal defect, pulmonary stenosis, persistent left superior vena cava, minor aortic arch anomalies, and total anomalous hepatic venous drainage. To our knowledge, our report is the first description of such a complex cardiac anatomy to be revealed with MDCT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine of Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bilici
authors.forename: Ahmet Turan
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ilica
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karagoz
authors.forename: Yasar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bukte
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alan
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014781:Viscera / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*