Cardiac computed tomography and conventional angiography in the diagnosis of congenital cardiac disease in children: Recent trends and radiation doses

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 616-622

  Gherardi, Guy G ^a   Iball, Gareth R ^b   Darby, Michael J ^b   Thomson, John D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dual source computed tomography; imaging; Paediatric cardiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC DUAL SOURCE COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80155136131     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951111000485     Document Type: Article

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