Angiotomografia computada en pediatria: Experiencia en un hospital pediatrico

Abstract

Assessment of cardiovascular diseases has proved to have a growing relevance in radiologic diagnosis, mainly due to the advancements in helicoidal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Computed angiotomography is a highly accurate and useful diagnostic tool in pediatrics, basically for its short patient-study time and its high spatial resolution. Thus, conventional diagnostic angiography seems to have been ranked second. This study presents the author's experience in the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases using plain helicoidal computed tomography in a children's hospital belonging to the Public Health Care System.