title: Magnetic resonance imaging--the evaluation of choice in residual shunt after congenital heart disease surgery?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Loma Linda University Medical Center, Calif. 92354.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Marais
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kegel
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lenora
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nazzal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: 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