• Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can be used to detect and quantify the most common complications after repair of tetralogy of Fallot. CMR can accurately measure pulmonary regurgitant fraction (phase-contrast…
• Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) allows imaging of the entire RV without interference of ribs or lungs. • Because of high image quality and wide field-of-view, CMR imaging is the…
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can identify valvular lesions, assess their severities, and determine the consequences of the valve lesion on left ventricular function. • CMR makes highly accurate and…
Abstract Valvular heart disease affects more than 100 million people worldwide and represents a growing problem because of the high incidence of rheumatic heart disease in developing countries and the…
Abstract Cardiomyopathy encompasses a diverse yet often overlapping spectrum of pathologies and phenotypes. This chapter reviews and discusses the clinical applications of the cardiac imaging modalities to the assessment, diagnosis,…
Abstract Cardiac imaging is very important for diagnosis, management, and risk stratification of systemic diseases involving the heart such as arterial systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome, autoimmune connective…
Abstract This chapter describes diagnostic imaging for myocarditis. Various imaging modalities are discussed, comparing their specific advantages and disadvantages. For imaging acute myocarditis, cardiac magnetic resonance offers the greatest potential—compared…
Abstract The differential diagnosis for a cardiac mass is broad, and includes thrombus, normal anatomical variants, metastases, and a variety of primary cardiac tumours. Although cardiac tumours are rare, they…
Abstract Assessment of contractile function in the context of heart failure is mandatory. Of course, one has to measure the left ventricular ejection (LVEF) for distinguishing heart failure with preserved…
Abstract Many acute and chronic clinical entities can affect the great thoracic arteries. As clinical findings are often unreliable, (mostly) noninvasive imaging plays a crucial role both in the initial…
