Use of 320-detector computed tomographic angiography for infants and young children with congenital heart disease.

Pediatric patients with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) face a lifetime of treatment with interventional therapeutic and palliative procedures. Echocardiography remains the mainstay for noninvasive imaging of congenital heart lesions. This often is supplemented with diagnostic cardiac catheterization for additional anatomic and physiologic characterization.