CT of thoracic aorta

Indications

• evaluation of aortic disease
  • thoracic aortic aneurysm
  • thoracic aortic dissection
  • coarctation of aorta
  • aortic calcification
  • aortic atheroma

Advantages

• high-resolution tomographic images
• enables 3 dimensional reconstruction of vasculature

Disadvantages

• radiation exposure

More general terms

• CT of chest; CT of thorax