Coronary Anomalies
• Define the most common and clinically significant coronary anomalies. • Define common types of coronary fistulae. • Define which coronary anomalies are low versus high risk. • Outline the…
Coronary Arteries and Bypass Grafts
• Free-breathing 3D coronary MR angiography allows for visualization of all major coronary arteries without administration of contrast medium or radiation exposure to the patient. • Acquisition of free-breathing whole…
Renal Arteries
• Contrast-enhanced renal MRA is an accurate, noninvasive technique for detecting renal artery stenosis. • Phase contrast MRA techniques can be used to assess the hemodynamic significance of a stenosis….
Diseases of the Aorta
• Be familiar with the anatomy of the normal aorta and branch vessels • Appreciate that the comprehensive evaluation of the aorta includes examination of the heart for other comorbid…
Delayed-Enhancement Magnetic Resonance
• Delayed-enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (DE-CMR) can identify reversible myocardial dysfunction before coronary revascularization, predict improvement in contractile function in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction, and predict response to…
Peripheral Magnetic Resonance Angiography
• Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is prevalent, particularly in the elderly. • X-ray angiography has definite risks and limitations, including exposure to radiation and administration of iodinated contrast. • Magnetic…
Pericardial Disease
• Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is ideally suited for imaging the pericardium because of its large field of view and ability to differentiate soft tissue based on fat and water…
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• CMR employs multiple techniques in HCM patients to assess LV/RV cardiac function, hypertrophy, morphology, flow, velocities, perfusion, and fibrosis. • Clinical application includes detecting early phenotype expression, characterizing established…
Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocardial Infarction
• Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the current golden standard for accurate assessment of ventricular volumes and global and regional function, thus providing information on prognosis. • Extracellular accumulation of…
Iron Cardiomyopathy
• Iron cardiomyopathy remains the leading cause of death in transfusional siderosis. • Heart and endocrine gland iron overload occurs from chronic exposure to nontransferrin bound iron. • Different organs…
