title: Congenital heart diseases: post-operative appearance on multi-detector CT-a pictorial essay.
abstract: Echocardiography is considered as an initial imaging modality of choice in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is preferred for detailed functional information. Multi-detector computed tomography (CT) plays an important role in clinical practice in assessing post-operative morphological and functional information of patients with complex CHD when echocardiography and MR imaging are not contributory. Radiologists should understand and become familiar with the complex morphology and physiology of CHD, as well as with various palliative and corrective surgical procedures performed in these patients, to obtain CT angiograms with diagnostic quality and promptly recognise imaging features of normal post-operative anatomy and complications of these complex surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Science, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095–7206, USA.
authors.forename: Anderanik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomasian
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shamsa
authors.forename: Mayil S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Krishnam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult