Kamran Shaikh, MD, FASE, FACCDipan J. Shah, MD INTRODUCTION TO ASSESSMENT OF SEMILUNAR VALVES BY CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE The assessment of valvular heart disease involves:   • assessment of the…

FIGURE 9-1 Frame from a horizontal long-axis SSFP cine acquisition demonstrates enlargement of the RA and RV. FIGURE 9-2 Dark-blood double inversion recovery (DIR) imaging in the axial plane at…

FIGURE 6-1 Precordial leads from an eCG performed as part of a routine checkup in a 43-year-old man demonstrate marked T-wave abnormality, particularly in V3 through V6. Family history revealed…

Ashish Aneja, MD OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CARDIAC MRI IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is defined by a mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) over 25 mm Hg at…

Subha V. Raman, MD, MSEE, FACC, FAHA INTRODUCTION Ischemic heart disease (IHD) requires precise assessment of the myocardium—the presence and extent of irreversibly injured, ischemic and nonischemic/noninjured muscle are essential…

John D. Grizzard, MDNavneet Narula, MDJonathan W. Weinsaft, MD CARDIAC NEOPLASMS PATIENT HISTORY A 45-year-old woman presents for evaluation in the context of progressive dyspnea. Prior medical evaluation is significant…

Georgeta Mihai, PhD This chapter is intended to give the reader a basic introduction to the physical principles of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). The essential physics of signal generation and…

FIGURE 5-1 Electrocardiography showed sinus rhythm, low voltage, and left-axis deviation. Based on his presenting symptoms he underwent a TTE, with the notation of poor image quality but grossly normal…

Mushabbar A. Syed, MD, FACC THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM PATIENT STORY A 69-year-old man with hypertension underwent evaluation for persistent cough. On clinical examination he had an early diastolic murmur best…

Rine Nakanishi, MD, PhDTroy Labounty, MD INTRODUCTION Rapid improvements in cardiac computed tomography (CT) technologies have resulted in the ability to acquire high-quality images of the moving heart and coronary…