Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging
CT is a useful, noninvasive imaging modality for pre- and postoperative assessment of conotruncal anomalies, especially in patients who are critically ill or have implanted devices (Kumar and Bhatia). In a subset of patients with severe aortic stenosis, left ventricular long-axis shortening was an independent predictor of all-cause mortality after transcatheter…