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Aortic Ring Assay
Published on: November 24, 2009
Common and uncommon vascular rings and slings: a multi-modality review
Jonathan R Dillman1, Anil K Attili, Prachi P Agarwal
1Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5252, USA. jonadill@med.umich.edu
Abstract:
Vascular rings and pulmonary slings are congenital anomalies of the aortic arch/great vessels and pulmonary arteries, respectively, that commonly present early during infancy and childhood with respiratory and/or feeding difficulties. The diagnosis of these conditions frequently utilizes a multi-modality radiological approach, commonly utilizing some combination of radiography, esophagography, CT angiography and MR angiography. The purpose of this pictorial review is to illustrate the radiological findings of common and uncommon vascular rings and pulmonary slings in children using a state-of-the-art multi-modality imaging approach.
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