The role of 64-MSCT in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease
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Abstract
Since early 2009 Hue Central hospital has been equipped with 64-MSCT, we detected a number of complex congenital heart diseases such as tetralogy of Fallot, double outlet right ventricle, major aortopulmonary collateral shunts, pulmonary atresia with VSD, single left ventricle, aortic coartation, aortic interruption, aneurysm of coronary artery, patent ductus arteriosus…Most of operated cases demontrated the good diagnostic correlation
With its superior spatial resolution and 3D imaging, cardiac 64-MSCT is excellent for demonstrating anatomic structures and their spatial relationships, even in small infants. Cardiac 64-MSCT particularly is useful for imaging regions not visualized well by echocardiography, such as the cardiac great vessels.
Cardiac 64-MSCT is the non-invasive and fast method that may precise currently the diagnosis of congenital heart disease, overcome the limit of echocardiography such as poor acoustic windows and provide the entire necessary information for operation.