Comments on: Low-Dose Prospective ECG-Triggering Dual-Source CT Angiography in Infants and Children With Complex Congenital Heart Disease: First Experience http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/1859 In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared minds. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Paul Schoenhagen http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/1859/comment-page-1#comment-2233 Paul Schoenhagen Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:24:41 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=1859#comment-2233 See the recent on-line first article in International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging: Three-dimensional echocardiographic virtual endoscopy for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in children. Haihong Xue, Kun Sun, Jianguo Yu, Binjin Chen, Guozhen Chen, Wenjing Hong, Liping Yao and Lanping Wu. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Jun 10. PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20535561" rel="nofollow">20535561</a> See the recent on-line first article in International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging:

Three-dimensional echocardiographic virtual endoscopy for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in children.
Haihong Xue, Kun Sun, Jianguo Yu, Binjin Chen, Guozhen Chen, Wenjing Hong, Liping Yao and Lanping Wu.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Jun 10.
PMID: 20535561

]]> By: Ronen Rubinshtein http://www.thepreparedminds.com/archives/1859/comment-page-1#comment-2222 Ronen Rubinshtein Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:04:22 +0000 http://www.thepreparedminds.com/?p=1859#comment-2222 While radiation exposure is an important issue in the pediatric population, ECG-gated CTA is an attractive fast and accurate diagnostic modality. The low radiation exposure values reported in this study are important given the need for repeated imaging tests in this group (congenital heart disease), and the problems associated with cardiac MRI scanning in young age. Therefore, while TTE is definitely the first line modality to image congenital heart defects, new generation CT scanners are indeed a reasonable 2nd line option. While radiation exposure is an important issue in the pediatric population, ECG-gated CTA is an attractive fast and accurate diagnostic modality. The low radiation exposure values reported in this study are important given the need for repeated imaging tests in this group (congenital heart disease), and the problems associated with cardiac MRI scanning in young age. Therefore, while TTE is definitely the first line modality to image congenital heart defects, new generation CT scanners are indeed a reasonable 2nd line option.

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