Rare pattern of aortic arch branching in a patient with operated congenital heart disease.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become one of the state-of-the-art examinations for the primary diagnostics and follow-up of patients with congenital cardiac defects. The evaluation of the altered cardiovascular system, however, remains a diagnostic challenge. We present MRI findings in a boy with a complex congenital heart defect. To reveal postoperative changes in blood flow dynamics, time-resolved contrast-enhanced 3D MR angiography (CE-MRA) was performed, providing information on altered vessel anatomy and vascular dynamics using spatio-temporal image acceleration. Additionally, an exceptional and rarely described supraaortic vessel variation was detected, consisting of five independent supraaortic arteries. The knowledge of this unusual vessel anomaly detected by CE-MRA might be significant in the case of future therapeutic interventions.
Geiger
Julia
J
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Germany. julia.geiger@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Arnold
Raoul
R
Baumann
Tobias
T
Uhl
Markus
M
Jung
Bernd A
BA
Langer
Mathias
M
Markl
Michael
M
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011859:Radiography; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C064572:gadobenic acid; D008536:Meglumine