Abstract
Role of Cardiac CT in the Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease in Children
Highlights
Back Ground: CHD is a common birth defect having significantly increasing
Old assessment for assessment depends on the bair ECHO and angiography
ECHO is superior than CT in the identification of atrial septal aberrations, ASD and septal aneurysm
Summary
This research included 50 children with an age up to 12 years-old, evaluated first by ECHO and referred CT examination for further assessment prior surgical interference. Such was conducted in Fayoum University Hospital Radiology Department. This research included 50 children up to 12 yearsold from the bair sexes who are known to have complex CHD. Inclusion criteria Patients with CHD whom ECHO findings are not sufficient and referred to perform. All children gave an informed consent prior performing the research. Clinical assessment of the patients was performed in the form of: measuring of vital signs and anthropometric measurements. CT examination was done by MDCT Toshiba Machine: We used the following parameters during cardiac CT scanning:
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