title: MDCT angiography after open thoracic aortic surgery: pearls and pitfalls.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to review open thoracic aortic surgical techniques and to describe the range of postoperative findings on CT angiography (CTA).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An understanding of surgical thoracic aortic procedures will allow appropriate differentiation of normal from abnormal CTA findings on postoperative imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27710, USA. jenny.hoang@duke.edu
authors.forename: Jenny K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Lynne M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hurwitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods