Echocardiogram-gated multislice spiral CT in functionally univentricular heart following long-lasting Waterston-Cooley anastomosis

Authors: Ruhl; Koos; Mahnken

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 50, Number 5, October 2006 , pp. 490-494(5)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Summary

Waterston-Cooley anastomosis may be carried out in patients with tricuspid atresia to provide pulmonary perfusion. It is associated with several complications, including preferential blood flow to the right lung, hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery, obstruction of the anatomosis or rupture of pulmonary aneurysms. We study a patient with thrombosis in the pulmonary arteries following surgical construction of a Waterston shunt in childhood. Imaging findings and clinical symptoms are discussed with emphasis on echocardiogram-gated multislice spiral CT.

Keywords: computed tomography heart; congenital heart defect; spiral computed tomography; tricuspid atresia; Waterston shunt

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01634.x

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