| Literature DB >> 24661831 |
Tobias Krauss1, Ludger Berchem2, Philipp Blanke3, Wolfgang Zeh2, Gregor Pache4.
Abstract
A 71-year-old woman underwent diagnostic workup for progressive shortness of breath. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a dilated main pulmonary artery (MPA) and an anomalous configuration of the pulmonary valve. CT revealed a bicuspid pulmonary valve (BPV) and confirmed MPA dilation. Further congenital abnormalities were excluded. An isolated finding of BPV is rather rare. To our knowledge we present the first 4-dimensional CT images of a BPV. As in this case, 4-dimensional cine cardiac CT may be helpful to reveal the underlying cause of MPA dilation.Entities:
Keywords: 4D cardiac CT; Bicuspid; Pulmonary valve
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24661831 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.12.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr ISSN: 1876-861X