Magnetic resonance imaging--the evaluation of choice in residual shunt after congenital heart disease surgery?
Accurate anatomic diagnosis presents a dilemma in patients with residual shunt after corrective surgery for congenital heart disease. We describe a patient who, after atrial septal defect repair, developed dyspnea and central cyanosis despite normal pulmonary arterial pressures and right heart chamber size. A role for early MRI is suggested.
Marais
G E
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Loma Linda University Medical Center, Calif. 92354.
Kegel
J G
JG
Shah
H S
HS
Lenora
C
C
Nazzal
S
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Stark
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P
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012086:Reoperation; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery