Magnetic resonance imaging in congenital heart disease of newborns: preliminary results in 23 patients

Kastler, B.; Livolsi, Angélo; Germain, Philippe; Zöllner, G.; Willard, D; Wackenheim, A

doi:10.1016/0720-048x(90)90117-t

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“…63%) without affecting spatial resolution (1.2 mm 2 isotropic pixels). This, together with the already short repetition times (spontaneously high heart rates of newborns) and easily achieved proper sedation in neonates [11] greatly improves the diagnostic capabilities of MRI, indeed more scans are available in less total imaging time, facilitating tolerance in low-aged pediatric patients.…”

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“…We have encountered rio major difficulties in imaging the newborn. This procedure is capable of furnishing high resolution multiplanar images of the heart and is well tolerated even by premature newborns [11]. Other authors have suggested that MR imaging may be helpful in the evaluation of palliative systemic-pulmonary shunts in older children.…”

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“…Included in our early work was one case in which we succeeded in visualizing entirely a Blalock-Taussig shunt on one single oblique plane (angiographic-like images) [11]. In order to investigate further the potential of MRI in the evaluation of postoperative shunts we performed ECG-gated MRI in 8 patients with pulmonary atresia having undergone right-sided (6 patients) and left-sided (2 patients) Blalock-Taussig procedures.…”

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Evaluation of Blalock-Taussig shunts in newborns: value of oblique MRI planes

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Int J Cardiac Imag

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Eight infants with systemic-pulmonary Blalock-Taussig shunts were evaluated by spin-echo ECG-gated MRI. Contrary to Echocardiography, MRI using coronal oblique projections successfully visualized all palliative shunts entirely in one single plane (including one carried out on a right aberrant subclavian artery). MRI allowed assessment of size, course and patency of the shunt, including pulmonary and subclavian insertion. The proximal portion of the pulmonary and subclavian arteries were also visualized. We conclude that MRI with axial scans completed by coronal oblique planes is a promising, non invasive method for imaging the anatomical features of Blalock-Taussig shunts.

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Evaluation of Blalock-Taussig shunts in newborns: value of oblique MRI planes

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“…Over the past decade, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has proved to be a capable non-invasive complement [1][2][3][4][5]. Even newborns are well suited for cardiac MR studies [6,7]. Each diagnostic method has its drawbacks, however, and in some cases the exact anatomy will be difficult to evaluate whatever method is used.…”

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Complex congenital heart malformation evaluated with MR imaging at 0.3 T

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of MR imaging at 0.3 T as the single modality in diagnosing complex congenital heart disease (CHD). Films from 45 cases were reviewed in two stages by four specialists and one fellow in pediatric radiology, who were unfamiliar with the patients. First a general review of CHD diagnosis was made, then a detailed study of anomalous venous return was performed. Regarding the general diagnosis of cardiovascular anomalies the results were good, with sensitivity of 80%, specificity of 96%, a positive predictive value of 88%, a negative predictive value of 93% and accuracy of 92%. As expected, the less experienced reviewer had somewhat lower figures. As for detailed evaluation of the anomalous veins, the diagnostic results were again good (sensitivity 85%), although less so when also the connection sites of the anomalous veins were considered (sensitivity 79%). The specificity of the findings was high at 97%. MR imaging at 0.3 T is valuable in the diagnosis of complex CHD, especially for anomalous vessels and their connections.

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Cardiovascular Anatomy and Atlas of MR Normal Anatomy

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MRI of Cardiovascular Malformations

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Magnetic resonance imaging in congenital heart disease of newborns: preliminary results in 23 patients

Cited by 18 publications

References 19 publications

Evaluation of Blalock-Taussig shunts in newborns: value of oblique MRI planes

Evaluation of Blalock-Taussig shunts in newborns: value of oblique MRI planes

Complex congenital heart malformation evaluated with MR imaging at 0.3 T

Cardiovascular Anatomy and Atlas of MR Normal Anatomy

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