Aortic coarctation CT

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S.[2], Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S.[4]

Overview

CT is useful in older or postoperative patients as it helps in to assessing residual obstruction, hypoplasia, aneurysms, multiple surgical clips or a stent present in the area of coarctation .

CT

Shown below are of CT scan images of aortic coarctation.

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Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology