title: Segmental analysis of congenital heart disease: putting the "puzzle" together with computed tomography.
abstract: Advances in surgical and medical treatment for congenital heart disease have resulted in greater life expectancy. As a result, there has been an increase in the utilization of cross-sectional imaging for diagnosis and management of complex congenital heart disease. This manuscript describes a morphological and sequential segmental approach to deciphering the code of complex congenital heart defects in cross-sectional imaging, mostly computed tomography. This manuscript will review approaches to differentiate types of transposition, the anatomic relationships of cardiac structures, and the application of these relationships in the description of complex congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd., Box 8131, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA, Bierhalsa@mir.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bierhals
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: Pamela K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Woodard
authors.forename: Cylen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Javidan-Nejad
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Billadello
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhalla
authors.forename: Fernando R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D059925:Anatomic Landmarks; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed