Pediatric Cardiac CT in Congenital Heart Disease

Dr. Dilachew Adebo is Associate Professor of Pediatric Cardiology and Radiology at McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Adebo is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac MRI (Alliance for Physician certification and Advancement). He has level III competence by Society of cardiovascular Computed Tomography. After completing advanced imaging fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2013, Dr. Adebo worked as Director of Pediatric Cardiac MRI and Pediatric Cardiac CT at different Hospitals. Currently, Dr. Adebo serves as Director of Pediatric Cardiac MRI and Pediatric Cardiac CT at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. He also serves as Program Director for Pediatric Cardiology fellowship. He has trained many advanced imaging fellows in Pediatric Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT over the last several years.

• Advantages of Cardiac CT Scan over Other Diagnostic Techniques.- Techniques of  Cardiac CT Scan: Patient Preparation, Contrast Medium, Scanning and Postprocessing.- Evaluation of Cardiac Malposition, Cardiac Segmental Approach, and Heterotaxy Syndrome.- Systemic Venous Anomalies.- Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections and Cor Triatriatum.- Septal Defects: Atrial Septal Defects, Ventricular Septal Defects, Atrioventricular Septal Defects, and Unroofed Coronary Sinus.- Atrioventricular Valves: Tricuspid Valve.- Atrioventricular Valves: Congenital Mitral Valve Abnormalities.- Atrioventricular Connections: Double Inlet Ventricle, Atrioventricular Discordance, Congenitally Corrected Transposition of Great Arteries.- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum.- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Pulmonary Valve Atresia, Ventricular Septal Defect, Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries.- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Tetralogy of Fallot.- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome.- Left Ventricular Outflow Tract: Congenital Aortic Valve and Left Ventricular Outflow Anomalies.- Left Ventricular Outflow Tract: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.- Double Outlet Right Ventricle.- Dextro-Transposition of Great Arteries.- Truncus Arteriosus.- Anomalous Aortic Origin of Pulmonary Arteries.-Anomalous Coronary Arteries.- Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva, Aorta-Left Ventricle Tunnel.- Aortopulmonary Window.- Aortic Arch Anomalies: Coarctation of Aorta and Aortic Arch Hypoplasia.- Aortic Arch Anomalies: Aortic Arch Interruption.- Vascular Rings and Slings.- Cardiac Tumors.- Cardiac Computed Tomography after Single Ventricle Palliation.- Cardiac Computed Tomography in Evaluation of Ventricular Function.- Role of Cardiac CT in Pre-operative and Post-operative Evaluation of Congenital Heart Defects in Children.- Non-cardiac Findings of Cardiac CT.