Magnetic resonance imaging of congenital heart disease.
MRI has assumed an important role in the noninvasive evaluation of patients with congenital cardiac lesions. In this article, the authors examine basic technical considerations, an approach to analysis of MR images in congenital heart disease patients, and review major applications of MRI as they apply to patients with congenital heart disease.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110.
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SA
Mirowitz
J K
JK
Lee
F R
FR
Gutierrez
J J
JJ
Brown
D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods