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Multislice CT in Congenital Heart Disease: Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

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Computed Tomography (CT) is increasingly becoming an imaging technique for congenital heart diseases, particularly for the diagnosis of partially anomalous pulmonary venous connections. When echocardiography cannot provide the diagnosis, multislice CT offers some advantages in comparison with RMN and angiography.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Hospital Doctor Josep Trueta, Girona. Av. de Francia s/n., Girona, Spain

    Sergio Moral & Jaime Aboal

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital Doctor Josep Trueta, Girona. Av. de Francia s/n., Girona, Spain

    Pedro Ortuño

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Moral, S., Ortuño, P. & Aboal, J. Multislice CT in Congenital Heart Disease: Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection. Pediatr Cardiol 29, 1120–1121 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-008-9252-x

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