Congenital heart disease CT

Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu],Atif Mohammad, M.D., Priyamvada Singh, MBBS

Overview
Computed tomography can be helpful as a diagnostic tool in conditions where the echocardiographic findings are inconclusive.

Computed tomography
Computed tomography (CT) can be used as a diagnostic modality in congenital heart diseases.

'''Advantages


 * Provides additional anatomic details compared to echocardiography
 * It is done faster compared to MRI, thus avoiding the need for anesthesia in small children.

Disadvantage


 * Costly
 * Radiation can have long terms side-effect on growing children.

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