Tracheal compression due to an elongated aortic arch in patients with congenital heart disease: Evaluation using multidetector-row CT

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1048-1053

  Watanabe, Noriko ^a   Hayabuchi, Yasunobu ^a   Inoue, Miki ^a   Sakata, Miho ^a   Nabo, Manal Mohamed Helmy ^a   Nakagawa, Ryuji ^a   Saijo, Takahiko ^a   Kagami, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Children; Congenital heart disease; Multidetector row CT; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ARCH SYNDROMES; AORTOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349249425     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1319-1     Document Type: Article

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