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Contemporary multimodality non-invasive cardiac imaging protocols for tetralogy of Fallot

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Tetralogy of Fallot is the most prevalent cyanotic congenital heart disease, requiring lifelong multimodality non-invasive cardiac imaging, such as echocardiography, cardiothoracic computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. As imaging techniques continuously evolve and are gradually integrated into clinical practice, there is a critical need to update multimodality imaging protocols. Over the last two decades, cardiothoracic computed tomography imaging techniques have advanced remarkably, significantly enhancing its role in evaluating patients with tetralogy of Fallot. In this review, we describe contemporary multimodality non-invasive cardiac imaging protocols for tetralogy of Fallot, emphasizing the expanding role of cardiothoracic computed tomography. Additionally, we present standardized reporting forms designed to facilitate the clinical adoption of these protocols.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea

    Hyun Woo Goo

  2. Department of Medical Imaging, Medical College and Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Shyh-Jye Chen

  3. Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Mahidol University Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand

    Suvipaporn Siripornpitak

  4. Paediatric and Congenital Heart Centre, Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Haifa Abdul Latiff, Boekhren Karyostyko Borhanuddin & Ming Chen Leong

  5. Diagnostic Imaging Center, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai, China

    Yu Min Zhong

  6. Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Young ** Kim

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Conceptualization, formal analysis, resources, writing—original draft preparation, supervision, project administration: H.W.G.; methodology, methodology, validation, investigation, data curation, writing—review and editing: H.W.G, S.C., S.S., H.A.L., B.K.B., M.C.L., Y.M.Z.; methodology, validation, writing—review and editing: Y.J.K. All authors approved the final manuscript.

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Goo, H.W., Chen, SJ., Siripornpitak, S. et al. Contemporary multimodality non-invasive cardiac imaging protocols for tetralogy of Fallot. Pediatr Radiol 54, 1075–1092 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-024-05942-4

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