A diagnostic efficacy of echocardiography versus multidetector computed tomography in congenital heart diseases of paediatric
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2016, Vol 21, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Cardiac imaging provides structural and functional information essential for treatment and follow-up complications after the treatment. Echocardiography, the initial imaging method is inadequate to show complex spatial relationships and provides incomplete visualisation of the extracardiac vasculature. Multidedector computed tomography has the ability to show extracardiac structures with the vessel walls. This study compares the diagnostic efficacy of Echocardiography versus Multidetector Computed Tomography in Congenital heart diseases of Paediatric patients. Material and Methods: In this prospective study, a total of 73 patients below the age of 12 years presented with symptoms of Congenital Heart Disease were studied by Echocardiography and MDCT. Results: Echocardiography performed on all the 73 patients revealed a total of 208 anomalies with 152 intracardiac anomalies and 56extracardiac anomalies, whereas, MDCT detected 306 anomalies with 158 intracardiac and 148 extracardiac anomalies. Discussion: It was found that the diagnostic accuracy of ECHO and MDCT for intracardiac anomalies was similar whereas the diagnostic accuracy of MDCT for extracardiac anomalies was superior to that of ECHO.
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Sharad M. Malvadkar, Shilpa V. Domkundwar, Deepak Kamble, Madhuri S. Malvadkar, Shariq Mohd
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