title: Preoperative gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance pulmonary venography in an adolescent with atrial septal defect.
abstract: The conventional preoperative evaluation of congenital heart disease in the adult using only echocardiography and cardiac catheterization is frequently limited. We report a case in which newer magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium angiographic techniques proved helpful by conclusively documenting normal pulmonary venous return in a patient with secundum [corrected] atrial septal defect. This evaluation obviated the need for referral to a more specialized tertiary-care center for congenital heart disease and dramatized the value of an interdisciplinary approach to the adult patient with newly diagnosed congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Eisenhauer
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kinney
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sahn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braxton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peake
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007554:Isotopes; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011667:Pulmonary Veins
chemical_list: D007554:Isotopes; D005682:Gadolinium