Bharat Aggarwal Author

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Evaluation of Extracardiac Intrathoracic Vascular Anomalies on CT Angiography In 254 Patients being Evaluated for Congenital Heart Disease and Comparison with Echocardiography

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Reena Anand*, Neeraj Awasthy, K.S Dagar and Bharat Aggarwal

Background: To evaluate the advantage of CT Angiography (CTA) in diagnosis of extra cardiac vascular and non-vascular abnormalities in patients of congenital heart disease. Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective study wherein two hundred fifty four consecutive patients from January 2017 to December 2019 with known congenital heart disease who were referred for CTA as a part of their regular clinical work up were included. Findings of Echocardiography (ECHO) were also recorded. Results: The vascular anomalies on CTA were found in 191 patients giving an incidence of 75.1% with MAPCAs showed the highest incidence (34.61%). On ECHO vascular anomalies were found in 97 patients giving an incidence of 38.18%. Incidence of associated non-cardiovascular anomalies detected on CTA came out ... view more»

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