COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY

Aortic Diseases

Apr 10, 2019 by in COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY Comments Off on Aortic Diseases

Key Points ▪ CT scanning is the dominant imaging test for the assessment of acute aortic diseases. ▪ Without ECG-gating, motion artifacts are still a problem for assessment of the…

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Simple Congenital Heart Disease

Apr 10, 2019 by in COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY Comments Off on Simple Congenital Heart Disease

Key Points ▪ Although echocardiography plus MRI is still the best overall modality for the evaluation of complex congenital heart lesions, especially postoperatively, there are exceptions. ▪ As children and…

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Myopathies

Apr 10, 2019 by in COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY Comments Off on Myopathies

Key Points ▪ Cardiac CT’s ability to depict fine structural detail within the heart enables it to characterize the morphologic features of cardiomyopathies such as wall thickness, left ventricular mass,…

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