Cardiac magnetic resonance in adults with congenital heart disease

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2013 Jul-Sep;9(3):156-62. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-9-3-156.

Abstract

Increasing numbers of adults with congenital heart disease are referred for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Knowledge of the congenital heart anatomy, prior surgical interventions, and the development of an imaging focus for each individual patient plays a crucial role when performing a successful cardiac magnetic resonance imaging examination. The following manuscript focuses on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging considerations of three specific conotruncal congenital heart lesions: tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries (TGA), and physiologically corrected TGA (c-TGA).

Keywords: adult congenital heart disease; cardiac imaging; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; conotruncal congenital heart lesions; tetralogy of Fallot; transposition of the great arteries.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
  • Myocardium / pathology*

Grants and funding

Funding/Support: The authors have no funding disclosures.