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Diagnostic Accuracy of CT Angiography in Evaluation of Congenital Pulmonary Arterial and Venous Anomalies

• 2017
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Authors IBRAHIM I. E. SHALABY, M.Sc.*; AHMED F. YOUSEF, M.D.*; AMANY M. EL-KHARBOUTLY, M.D.* and ASHRAF M. ABD EL-RAHMAN, M.D.**
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Abstract
This study was conducted from January 2015 to January 2016 at private center (Tibia) at Man-soura, it included 50 patients (26 male, 24 female) with their age range from 7 days to 4 years with mean age one year. Patients were referred from different pediatric cardiologists with highly sus-pected of congenital vascular pulmonary anomalies with ECHO and clinical reports.
CT scanner is 16 slices scanner (Pihillips Med-ical System, Cleveland, USA) all exam were non ECG gated, the tube effective current was 300 mAs, tube voltage was set 100-12-KV depending on the estimated body mass index, tubal feed 25 mm/rotation and tubal rotation time 280ms/rotation.