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Title:

Follow-up of adults with coarctation of the aorta: comparison of helical CT and MRI, and impact on assessing diameter changes.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Hager, A; Kaemmerer, H; Leppert, A; Prokop, M; Blücher, S; Stern, H; Hess, J
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: To compare images of the aorta obtained with helical CT (HCT) scanning and MRI for the follow-up of adults with coarctation of the aorta (CoA). DESIGN: Longitudinal study. SETTING: Department of adult congenital heart disease in a tertiary university hospital. PATIENTS: A total of 37 adults (age range, 16 to 68 years; women, 13) with CoA (after surgery, 34 patients; native, 2 patients; after balloon-angioplasty, 1 patient) MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: All patients underwent both HCT...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Chest
Year:
2004
Journal volume:
126
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
1169-76
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1378/chest.126.4.1169
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15486379
Print-ISSN:
0012-3692
TUM Institution:
Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler (Prof. Hess)
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