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Anatomical Reconstructions of the Human Cardiac Venous System using Contrast-computed Tomography of Perfusion-fixed Specimens
Published on: April 18, 2013
Sinus venosus atrial septal defect with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return: diagnosis with 64-slice spiral
Alexander Lembcke1, Vit Razek, Dietmar Kivelitz
1Department of Radiology, University of Leipzig-Heart Center, 04289 Leipzig, Germany. alexander.lembcke@gmx.de
Abstract:
The use of computed tomography is often debatable for pediatric patients because of the associated radiation exposure. Using a state-of-the-art 64-slice spiral computed tomography unit, we demonstrate the feasibility of lowering the radiation dose without losing essential diagnostic information in a case of a 2-year-old boy with a rare congenital heart defect.
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