Fig. 2

CT images of vascular abnormalities in CoA patients. Sagittal multiplanar reformatted image (a) shows a 16-year-old woman with CoA associated with dilated ascending aorta (asterisk) before the narrowing (white arrow). Sagittal multiplanar reformatted image (b) shows a 19-year-old man with CoA associated with dilated descending aorta (asterisk) after the narrowing (white arrow). Volume rendering image (c) shows a 53-year-old CoA woman with the narrowing (white arrow) and collateral circulation including enlarged internal mammary artery (arrowhead). Aortic dilation was considered if the z-score > 2