Abstract
Background
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT are available in the recent era at
many pediatric cardiac centers.
Objective
The aim was to provide a contemporary description of diagnostic imaging trends for
definition of congenital heart disease (CHD).
Methods
Echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, cardiac MRI, and cardiac CT use in patients
with congenital heart disease at a single institution was retrospectively recorded
(2005–2012). Surgical procedures were recorded. Total and modality-specific rates
were estimated by Poisson regression and compared. The median age, studies in patients
aged >17 years, and referral diagnosis were tabulated for the last year of review.
Results
An average of 11,940 cardiovascular diagnostic tests was performed annually. The number
of total studies, echocardiograms, catheterizations, and surgical procedures, did
not change significantly across time. Echocardiography comprised 95% to 97% of all
studies performed during each year of review. The use of cardiac MRI (2%) and cardiac
CT (1%) increased linearly (P < .001), and the use of diagnostic catheterization decreased (0.7%; P = .0005). The median age was 3 years for echocardiography, 15 years for MRI, 11 years
for CT, and 3 years for catheterization. The percentage of patients aged >17 years
was 9% for echocardiography, 33% for cardiac MRI, 29% for cardiac CT, and 8% for catheterization.
Most patients undergoing CT, MRI, and diagnostic catheterization had moderate or complex
CHD.
Conclusion
Cardiac CT is used increasingly in the recent era for evaluation of CHD. The increased
use of both cardiac CT and cardiac MRI are temporally associated with a decrease in
diagnostic cardiac catheterization.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 11, 2013
Accepted:
November 3,
2013
Received in revised form:
October 4,
2013
Received:
August 8,
2013
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: J.R.L. and B.K.H. receive grant support from Siemens Medical. The remaining authors report no conflict of interest.
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