Three-dimensional flow characteristics in aortic coarctation and poststenotic dilatation

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2009 Sep-Oct;33(5):776-8. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181906766.

Abstract

The authors present findings from a scientific study in a 36-year-old male patient who was transferred for the evaluation of a restenosis in aortic coarctation that was initially treated by surgical repair. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography and comprehensive flow-sensitive 4-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging for the evaluation of 3-dimensional blood flow in the entire thoracic aorta demonstrated distinct flow pattern changes associated with the disease, demonstrating a potential link between altered vascular hemodynamics and the development of vascular disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Coarctation / complications
  • Aortic Coarctation / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Coarctation / physiopathology*
  • Aortic Coarctation / surgery
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnosis
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / etiology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Regional Blood Flow