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Erschienen in: European Radiology 10/2010

01.10.2010 | Pediatric

Low-dose prospective ECG-triggering dual-source CT angiography in infants and children with complex congenital heart disease: first experience

verfasst von: Zhaoping Cheng, Ximing Wang, Yanhua Duan, Lebin Wu, Dawei Wu, Baoting Chao, Cheng Liu, Zhuodong Xu, Hongxin Li, Fei Liang, Jian Xu, Jiuhong Chen

Erschienen in: European Radiology | Ausgabe 10/2010

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Abstract

Objective:

To explore the clinical value of low-dose prospective ECG-triggering dual-source CT (DSCT) angiography in infants and children with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) compared with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).

Methods:

Thirty-five patients (mean age: 16 months, range: 2 months to 6 years; male 15; mean weight: 12 kg) underwent low-dose prospective ECG-triggering DSCT angiography and TTE. Surgeries were performed in 29 patients, and conventional cardiac angiography (CCA) was performed in 8 patients. The accuracy was calculated based on the surgical and/or CCA findings. The overall imaging quality was evaluated on a five-point scale.

Results:

A total of 146 separate cardiovascular deformities were confirmed. DSCT missed three atrial septal defects and a patent ductus arteriosus. The accuracy of DSCT angiography and TTE was 97.3% (142/146) and 92.5% (135/146), respectively. Overall test parameters for DSCT angiography and TTE were similar (sensitivity, 97.3% vs 92.5%; specificity, 99.8% vs 99.8%). The average subjective image quality score was 4.3 ± 0.7. The mean effective dose was 0.38 ± 0.09 mSv.

Conclusions:

Prospective ECG-triggering DSCT angiography with a very low effective radiation dose allows the accurate diagnosis of anomalies in infants and children with complex CHD compared with TTE. It has great promise to become a commonly used second-line technique for complex CHD.
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Metadaten
Titel
Low-dose prospective ECG-triggering dual-source CT angiography in infants and children with complex congenital heart disease: first experience
verfasst von
Zhaoping Cheng
Ximing Wang
Yanhua Duan
Lebin Wu
Dawei Wu
Baoting Chao
Cheng Liu
Zhuodong Xu
Hongxin Li
Fei Liang
Jian Xu
Jiuhong Chen
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2010
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
European Radiology / Ausgabe 10/2010
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-010-1822-7

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