Digital subtraction angiography of the thoracic aorta

Forty-three patients with acquired and congenital abnormalities of the thoracic aorta were studied using digital subtraction angiography (DSA) after an intravenous bolus injection of 40 ml of contrast material. Abnormalities studied included coarctation, pseudocoarctation, Marfan syndrome, cervical...

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Published in:	Radiology Vol. 150; no. 2; p. 323
Main Authors:	Grossman, L B, Buonocore, E, Modic, M T, Meaney, T F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-02-1984
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aorta - abnormalities Aorta, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging Aortic Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging Aortography - methods Child Child, Preschool Humans Infant Middle Aged Subtraction Technique Thoracic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:	Forty-three patients with acquired and congenital abnormalities of the thoracic aorta were studied using digital subtraction angiography (DSA) after an intravenous bolus injection of 40 ml of contrast material. Abnormalities studied included coarctation, pseudocoarctation, Marfan syndrome, cervical aorta, double aortic arch, aneurysm, dissection, and tumor. Twenty-four patients also had conventional angiography. DSA was accurate in 95% of cases; in the other 5%, involving patients with acute type I dissection, the coronary arteries could not be seen. The authors concluded that in 92% of their patients, DSA could have replaced the standard aortogram.
ISSN:	0033-8419
DOI:	10.1148/radiology.150.2.6361849