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Jenny K Hoang1, Santiago Martinez, Lynne M Hurwitz
1Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27710, USA. jenny.hoang@duke.edu
Objective:
The purpose of this article is to review open thoracic aortic surgical techniques and to describe the range of postoperative findings on CT angiography (CTA).
Conclusion:
An understanding of surgical thoracic aortic procedures will allow appropriate differentiation of normal from abnormal CTA findings on postoperative imaging.
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