Key result
Angled cineangiocardiography improves visualization of pulmonary arteries and ventricular anomalies versus standard views in CHD.
Why the study?
Do angled views in cineangiocardiography improve visualization of cardiac structures compared to standard views in patients with congenital heart disease?
Observational (n=132)
Do angled views in cineangiocardiography improve visualization of cardiac structures compared to standard views in patients with congenital heart disease?
Angled views using a parallelographic U-arm device improve visualization of specific cardiac structures in congenital heart disease compared to standard views, despite some increase in scattered radiation.
Supports angled cineangiocardiography views in congenital heart disease; leaves open effects on diagnostic accuracy and outcomes before practice change.
Simple and compound sagittally angled views of the heart obtained cineangiocardiographically with a parallelographic U-arm device were evaluated clinically in 132 patients with congenital heart disease. The principle advantage of the apparatus was the case with which axial and oblique projections were obtained without repositioning of the patient, although rotation and angulation of the image intensifier-X-ray tube unit resulted in some increase in scattered radiation. Certain angled views, particularly the 40 degree cranial and the compound 25 degrees cranial/70 degrees left oblique projections, were better than standard frontal and lateral views for visualization of pulmonary arteries in the mediastinum, in ventricular septal defects and anomalies of the left ventricular outflow tract.
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Fellows et al. (1977) conducted an observational in Congenital heart disease (n=132). Angled views in cineangiocardiography vs. Standard frontal and lateral views was evaluated on Visualization of pulmonary arteries in the mediastinum, ventricular septal defects, and anomalies of the left ventricular outflow tract. Angled views in cineangiocardiography provided better visualization of pulmonary arteries and ventricular anomalies than standard frontal and lateral views in congenital heart disease.
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