1) Understand how congenital heart was a driving force for advances in cardiothoracic surgery. 2) Basic procedures for palliation/repair of congenital heart disease. 3) Understand anatomy resulting from basic procedures, and complications associated with these procedures.
Advances in the surgical management of congenital heart disease have resulted in improved patient survival and quality of life. Improvements in CT and MRI imaging have resulted in increasing
cross-sectional imaging in these patients. Perioperative care in these patients requires that radiologists
understand of the surgical treatment and resulting postoperative anatomy. Because many of these
patients with treated congenital heart disease are being followed into the 4th and 5th decades of life, this is information that will fall within the domain of the radiologist who deals with children and adults.
Gaca, A,
Surgical Procedures for Congenital Heart Disease. Radiological Society of North America 2010 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 28 - December 3, 2010 ,Chicago IL.
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