Clinical experience from 1000 consecutive cardiovascular MRI cases at a tertiary referral medical center.
We present our experience from the first 1000 clinical cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging cases performed at our institution. The case load included pediatric and adult patients with a male predominance (two thirds of the patient population). The spectrum of diseases was very broad, and included myopathic, atherosclerotic, vascular, valvular, pericardial, neoplasmatic and congenital heart disease. Our experience demonstrates the areas where cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging has established value and suggests areas of future development.
Sourides
Basilios E
BE
Hygeia Hospital Cardiac MR Center, Maroussi, Athens, Greece.
Theofilogiannakos
Efstratios K
EK
Theofilogiannakos
George
G
Anogianakis
George
G
Tsertos
Fotios
F
Loris
Alexander
A
Andreou
John
J
Danias
Peter G
PG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged