title: Right heart dilatation in adult congenital heart disease: imaging appearance on cardiac magnetic resonance.
abstract: Imaging morphology and function of the right heart is of paramount importance in patients with adult congenital heart disease, since right ventricular dysfunction is associated with adverse cardiac events. Cardiac MRI has been shown to be a powerful tool for the non-invasive precise assessment of right ventricular and valvular dysfunction. Differential diagnoses of congenital heart disease characterised by, or combined with, right heart dilatation are diverse and necessitate a systematic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. dietrich.beitzke@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beitzke
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Edelhauser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lammer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loewe
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve