Multislice computed tomography as an adjunct to the management of an in-stent stenosis in an infant with congenital heart disease: imaging for the future

Joachim G Eichhorn; Frederick R Long; Sharon L Hill; John P Cheatham

doi:10.1002/ccd.20644

Multislice computed tomography as an adjunct to the management of an in-stent stenosis in an infant with congenital heart disease: imaging for the future

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006 Mar;67(3):477-81. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20644.

Authors

Joachim G Eichhorn¹, Frederick R Long, Sharon L Hill, John P Cheatham

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16475177
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20644

Abstract

The case report demonstrates the value of multslice computed tomography for stent imaging and detection of an in-stent stenosis in an infant with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect after stent placement in the right pulmonary artery after biventricular repair.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Coronary Angiography
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy*
Humans
Infant
Pulmonary Atresia / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Atresia / therapy*
Stents*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*