Department of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK.
Clin Radiol. 2010 May;65(5):349-57. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.02.002. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
Cardiac aneurysms are an uncommon presentation of cardiac disease, but are important to identify and accurately characterise. Traditionally, these aneurysms have been investigated with plain radiography, angiography and echocardiography. With the significant recent technical improvements in cross-sectional cardiac imaging, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are now becoming established as the definitive investigations. This article reviews the spectrum of locations of cardiac aneurysms and their appearance with particular reference to CT and MRI. We describe the relative merits of each technique and discuss how they may be used to direct clinical practice.
心脏动脉瘤是一种不常见的心脏疾病表现，但需要识别和准确描述。传统上，这些动脉瘤通过普通放射摄影、血管造影和超声心动图进行检查。随着近年来心脏断层成像技术的显著进步，计算机断层扫描（CT）和磁共振成像（MRI）现在已成为明确的检查方法。本文回顾了心脏动脉瘤的位置范围及其在 CT 和 MRI 中的表现。我们描述了每种技术的相对优点，并讨论了如何将其用于指导临床实践。
