The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2009 , Vol 51 , Num 4
Double Outlet Right Ventricle with Giant Pulmonary Artery
Aneurysm and Severe Aortic Coarctation: Diagnosis with
Multislice CT
Departments of 1Radiology and 2Pediatrics, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Complex cardiovascular pathologies in the pediatric population are usually
evaluated with echocardiography and catheter angiography as initial and
advanced imaging of choice, respectively. Echocardiography may pose some
difficulties in the diagnosis of complex cardiovascular pathologies. Due to short
acquisition times, detailed imaging by the use of post-processing techniques,
reduced radiation exposure compared to catheter angiography, and additional
information obtained on lung parenchyma, multi-slice computed tomography
(CT) is the advanced imaging method of choice in selected cases. The present
report describes a 14-year-old symptomatic case with complex cardiovascular
pathology, whose vascular architecture could be properly demonstrated by
multi-slice CT.
Keywords :
congenital heart disease, pediatric patients, imaging.