Pediatric Cardiothoracic CT Guideline Provided by the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging Congenital Heart Disease Study Group: Part 2. Contemporary Clinical Applications
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 3Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University, Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- 4Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, National Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita, Jakarta, Indonesia
- 5Diagnostic Imaging Center, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai, China
- 6Pediatric and Congenital Heart Centre, Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 7Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 8Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 9Congenital Heart Disease Study Group Member of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging, Taichung, Taiwan
- 10Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Abstract
- The use of pediatric cardiothoracic CT for congenital heart disease (CHD) was traditionally limited to the morphologic evaluation of the extracardiac thoracic vessels, lungs, and airways. Currently, the applications of CT have increased, owing to technological advancements in hardware and software as well as several dose-reduction measures. In the previously published part 1 of the guideline by the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging Congenital Heart Disease Study Group, we reviewed the prerequisite technical knowledge for clinical applications in a user-friendly and vendor-specific manner. Herein, we present the second part of our guideline on contemporary clinical applications of pediatric cardiothoracic CT for CHD based on the consensus of experts from the Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging CHD Study Group. This guideline describes up-to-date clinical applications effectively in a systematic fashion.