MRI of Cardiovascular Malformations

• Main Author: Kastler, Bruno (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

MRI is a non-invasive and non-ionizing imaging modality that is perfectly suited for the diagnosis and follow-up of both pediatric and adult congenital heart disease. It provides a large field of view and has the unique ability to depict complex cardiac and vascular anatomy and to measure cardiac fu...

Table of Contents:

• Patient Preparation: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques
• Cardiovascular Anatomy and Atlas of MR Normal Anatomy
• MRI Sequential Segmental Analysis and Identification of Anomalies
• Anomalous Systemic and Pulmonary Venous Connections
• Aortic Arch Anomalies, Tracheal Compression and Stenosis
• Other Aortic Malforamtions
• Anomalies of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and Pulmonary Arteries: Complex Congenital Heart Disease
• Postoperative Evaluation.