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Morphologic assessment of patent ductus arteriosus in adults using retrospectively ECG-gated multidetector CT
Gareth J Morgan-Hughes1, Andrew J Marshall, Carl Roobottom
1Department of Cardiology, South West Cardiothoracic Centre, Plymouth National Health Service Trust, Derriford, Plymouth PL6 8DH, United Kingdom.
Objective:
Noninvasive imaging of a persistently patent ductus arteriosus in adults remains a challenge. Bearing in mind the excellent spatial resolution provided by multidetector CT (MDCT), we postulated that MDCT might be used to evaluate this anatomic defect. We sought to show that MDCT can depict in detail patent ductus arteriosus in adults and allow determination of the size of the duct, degree of calcification, and morphologic classification.
Conclusion:
MDCT represents a novel method of noninvasively assessing patent ductus arteriosus in adults that provides detailed anatomic information. Comparison with invasive angiographic findings is needed to validate the technique of sizing of ducts using MDCT.
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