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Echocardiography↗
Biomedical subjects
F R Gutierrez
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"Pseudocoarctation" of the aorta: pitfall on cine MR imaging.
The diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta on cine magnetic resonance imaging is based upon observation of localized narrowing in the region of the aortic isthmus with jet-like signal void areas extending distally. We observed similar findings in 8 of 20 (40%) normal volunteers examined in the sagittal oblique view. These artifactual findings relate primarily to out-of-plane motion of the thoracic aorta during a portion of the cardiac cycle, leading to partial volume averaging with pulmonary air. Awareness of this pitfall will prevent misdiagnosis of aortic coarctation in normal subjects and allow for more accurate assessment of severity of true coarctation.
Aorta, Thoracic↗
Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of the heart.
Three-dimensional surface images of the human heart may be produced from magnetic resonance imaging. These examinations are used in the evaluation of congenital heart disease for preoperative planning and postoperative evaluation. Computer graphics software has been adapted to produce three-dimensional images of the beating heart from contiguous two-dimensional serial EKG-triggered magnetic resonance image data sets. The natural boundary between flowing blood and cardiac tissue serves to outline cardiac structures. The techniques for producing these images and pitfalls in the operation of the system as well as examples of their application to the study of patients with congenital heart disease are outlined in this article.
Adolescent↗