MR and cine-MR imaging in the diagnosis of infantile congenital heart disease.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cine magnetic resonance imaging (cine-MRI) in the diagnosis of infantile congenital heart disease.


METHODS
A total of 34 cases were studied with MRI and cine-MRI. The data were analyzed and compared with those of two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE), cardioangiography (CAG) and surgery.


RESULTS
The size of the defect or its caliber obtained from MRI in 6 patients with left to right shunt congenital heart disease was compatible with that observed in surgery (P = 0.924). Comparison of cine-MRI and CAG in 28 patients with complicated congenital heart disease showed that the diagnosis of 27 cases by cine-MRI was the same as that by CAG.


CONCLUSIONS
Both MRI and cine-MRI play an important role in diagnosing infantile congenital heart disease.
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Department of Paediatrics, Liu Hua Qiao Hospital, Guangzhou 510010, China.
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Huang
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Wang
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male