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The Aorta and Great Vessels

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Technological improvements with 64 multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) have greatly advanced its role for diagnostic imaging in patients with vascular disease. CT angiography has thus become a useful tool in evaluating patients with various diseases of the aorta and the great vessels such as aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm and carotid artery disease.

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, USC Cardiovascular Medicine, 1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 322, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    David M. Shavelle MD, FACC, FACAI

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  1. Los Angeles Biomedical Res. Institute, Dept. Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, W. Carson St. 1124, Torrance, 90502, USA

    Matthew J. Budoff

  2. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, San Pablo St. 1510, Los Angeles, 90033, USA

    Jerold S. Shinbane

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Shavelle, D.M. (2010). The Aorta and Great Vessels. In: Budoff, M., Shinbane, J. (eds) Cardiac CT Imaging. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-650-2_6

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