Heart Related Disease: Chest CT Interpretation.
10.4046/trd.2004.56.2.127
- Author:
Mi Young KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Korea. mimowdr@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Chest;
Heart;
Computed tomography
- MeSH:
Aorta;
Coronary Vessels;
Heart Diseases;
Heart*;
Humans;
Pulmonary Artery;
Pulmonary Veins;
Thorax*;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*;
Veins;
Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2004;56(2):127-143
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Computed tomography (CT) plays an important supplementary role in the evaluation of patients with heart disease. CT can be used to evaluate the aorta, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, cardiac chambers, coronary artery, valves and systemic veins (superior vena cava, inferior vena cava and hepatic veins). The "Learning Objectives" describe the normal anatomy and typical pathological conditions seen on axial scans and reformatted images from CT in patients with heart disease, focusing focus on frequent, fatal, and rare but characteristic diseases encountered in routine practice.
