Congenital thoracic cardiovascular anomalies presenting in adulthood: A pictorial review

Chung, Jonathan H.; Gunn, Martin L.; Godwin, J. David; Takasugi, Julie; Kanne, Jeffrey P.

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2008.11.005

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Volume 3, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S35-S46, January 2009

Congenital thoracic cardiovascular anomalies presenting in adulthood: A pictorial review

Jonathan H. Chung, MD
- Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street Box 98195, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
- Corresponding author.
Martin L. Gunn, MD
- Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street Box 98195, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
- Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
J. David Godwin, MD
- Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street Box 98195, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Julie Takasugi, MD
- Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street Box 98195, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
- Department of Radiology, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD
- Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

Received 24 June 2008; accepted 25 November 2008. published online 09 December 2008.

Abstract

Advances in surgical and medical therapy for congenital heart disease have led to increased long-term survival in patients whose conditions were diagnosed in childhood. However, a subset of patients with congenital cardiovascular anomalies may first be detected in adulthood. This pictorial review summarizes the CT findings of untreated congenital cardiovascular anomalies that can present in adulthood.

Keywords: Congenital cardiovascular anomalies, Congential heart disease, Computed tomography