title: Role of echocardiography versus MRI for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease.
abstract: During the last few decades, significant strides have been made in the field of noninvasive imaging for the patient with congenital heart disease. Echocardiography and MRI continue to provide improved means of anatomic and functional assessment in children and adults with congenital heart lesions. This review reports some of the recent advances in tissue Doppler, strain rate, and integrated backscatter, and highlights exciting current and future potential developments in their application. We also discuss advances in MR in evaluation of cardiac anatomy and function in congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Ricardo H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Pignatelli
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Taylor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: G Wesley
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Vick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D014672:Vectorcardiography / Q000379:methods