« October 2008

• MDCT Evaluation of Central Airway and Vascular Complications of Lung Transplantation

  AJR:191, October 2008

  Ritu R.Gill, Angeline C. Poh, Phillip C.Camp, Jean M.Allen, Mark T. Delano,Francine L. Jacobson, Andetta Hunsaker, Yolonda L. Colson

  OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the spectrum of central airway and vascular complications in lung transplantation using MDCT, with an emphasis on the usefulness of advanced postprocessing techniques.

  
  CONCLUSION. MDCT is air invaluable tool in the diagnosis, evaluation, and posttreat-ment assessment of central airway and vascular complications in lung transplant recipients. Advanced postprocessing techniques provide complementary information that is visually ac­cessible and anatomically meaningful for the clinician.