title: Postoperative imaging in cyanotic congenital heart diseases: part 1, Normal findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this article is to illustrate the most common surgical procedures performed in patients with cyanotic congenital heart diseases along with the respective postoperative MRI findings normally seen in clinical practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radiologists need a solid knowledge of the surgical procedures used to treat patients with cyanotic congenital heart diseases to identify what constitutes normal postoperative findings on MR images and to play an ongoing role in the integral lifelong care of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006 La Coruña, Spain. esther.rodriguez@mundo-r.com
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Rafaela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Soler
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Raposo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome