Introduction As early as the 1970s, proton therapy was considered a promising treatment for hematologic malignancies, specifically for use in total nodal irradiation, the historic standard of care treatment for…
Introduction Approximately 10,500 cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed each year, which represent about 1% of all new cancers in the United States. Nearly 45% of these cancers will either…
10.1055/b-0039-173876 4 Clinical Pictures 4.1 Shunt Defects 4.1.1 Atrial Septal DefectPhilipp Beerbaum, Joachim Lotz, Michael Steinmetz Definition The term “atrial septal defect” refers to various morphological and embryological defects of…
Eyes do not see what the mind does not know (Anonymous). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been increasingly incorporated into clinical practice as a noninvasive method that offers superior structural…
Christopher M. Kramer Michael Salerno Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has become an increasingly important tool in the armamentarium of the cardiovascular imager. It has also had an increasingly prominent role in guidelines…
For decades, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) and positron emission tomography (PET) have been clinically established imaging modalities in cardiovascular medicine. For several years, a new multimodality imaging system, PET/magnetic…
Pathologies involving the pulmonary arterial system include pulmonary embolus (PE), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), congenital anomalies, and pulmonary artery tumors. These diseases present a unique clinical diagnostic challenge often requiring…
Explosive growth in medical imaging technology during the past few decades has provided physicians with an unparalleled ability to diagnose abnormalities of the cardiovascular system. However, in some cases, scientific…
The last two and a half decades have seen phenomenal advances made in the field of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), and these advances have supported research into interventional applications using…
The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in the evaluation of infants and children with congenital heart disease is now widely accepted as a result of ongoing technologic advances and…
