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MDCT Angiography After Open Thoracic Aortic Surgery: Pearls and Pitfalls

¹ Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27710.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review open thoracic aortic surgical techniques and to describe the range of postoperative findings on CT angiography (CTA).

CONCLUSION. An understanding of surgical thoracic aortic procedures will allow appropriate differentiation of normal from abnormal CTA findings on postoperative imaging.

Keywords: aorta • aortic dissection • aortic grafts • aortic surgery • CT angiography

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