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Imaging and surgical management of congenital heart diseases

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Congenital heart disease affects approximately 1% of live births per year. In recent years, there has been a decrease in the morbidity and mortality of these cases due to advances in medical and surgical care. Imaging plays a key role in the management of these children, with chest radiography, echocardiography and chest ultrasound the first diagnostic tools, and cardiac computed tomography, catheterization and magnetic resonance imaging reserved to assess better the anatomy and physiology of the most complex cases. This article is a beginner’s guide to the anatomy of the most frequent congenital heart diseases (atrial and ventricular septal defects, abnormal pulmonary venous connections, univentricular heart, tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries and coarctation of the aorta), their surgical management, the most common postsurgical complications, deciding which imaging modality is needed, and when and how to image gently.

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  1. Pediatric Radiology Unit, Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Avenida Manuel Siurot s/n, Seville, Spain

    Pablo Caro-Domínguez

  2. Advanced Cardiothoracic Imaging Unit, Department of Imaging, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Aurelio Secinaro

  3. Pediatric Cardiology Unit and Cardiovascular Pathology Unit, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio and Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, Seville, Spain

    Israel Valverde

  4. School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK

    Israel Valverde

  5. Department of Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Timone Children Hospital, Marseille, France

    Virginie Fouilloux

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Caro-Domínguez, P., Secinaro, A., Valverde, I. et al. Imaging and surgical management of congenital heart diseases. Pediatr Radiol 53, 677–694 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-022-05536-y

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