• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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 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…
• The distinction between “simple” and “complex” congenital heart disease is not well defined. In this chapter, simple congenital heart disease describes uncomplicated anatomic defects or shunt lesions that are…
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can be used to assess myocardial inflammation. • A single CMR study provides comprehensive information on ventricular size, morphology, function, pericardial involvement, and inflammatory activity….
• Anatomic delineation of complex CHD is just that–complex. No assumptions should be made regarding anatomy; segments (atria, ventricles, and great vessels), intersegmental connections (atria-to-ventricle and ventricle-to-great vessel), and venous…
• The diagnosis of an intracardiac mass requires definition of location, extent, hemodynamic effect, and tissue characteristics. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is ideally suited to provide this information. • CMR…
• Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is an excellent imaging modality for defining pulmonary venous anatomy before pulmonary vein isolation for treatment of atrial fibrillation. • Pulmonary vein stenosis, a possible…
