3-D multidetector computed tomography in reoperative cardiac surgery - World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases

WJCD > Vol.3 No.5, August 2013

3-D multidetector computed tomography in reoperative cardiac surgery ()

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DOI: 10.4236/wjcd.2013.35060 3,182 Downloads 4,775 Views Citations

Author(s)

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Micheal L. Steigner, Igor Gosev, Sary F. Aranki

Affiliation(s)

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA.
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA.

ABSTRACT

Reoperative cardiac surgery is becoming more common surgery although it carries significant risk due to possible injury to vital structures under the sternum. Three-dimensional multidetector computed tomographic angiography (3-D MDCTA) allows identifying the relationship between the sternum and the mediastinal structures. Evidence shows that 3-D MDCTA guides surgical strategy and enables to perform this challenging surgery safely.

KEYWORDS

3-D MDCTA; Reoperative Cardiac Surgery

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Kaneko, T. , Steigner, M. , Gosev, I. and Aranki, S. (2013) 3-D multidetector computed tomography in reoperative cardiac surgery. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 3, 389-393. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2013.35060.

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