4D-Flow Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chronic Aortic Dissection Assessment: A Powerful Qualiquantitative Diagnostic Tool

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Nov 2;4(21):1399-1403. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.006.

Abstract

4-dimensional-flow cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with aortic dissection in chronic/post repair phase as a complementary diagnostic tool for anatomic-functional evaluation. Quali-quantitative analysis of 3 patients with this pathology clearly showing the true/false lumen, quantitative flow in false lumen, and helping in discerning lumen origin from different arterial vessels. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: 4D-flow; CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; aortic dissection; cardiac magnetic resonance.

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  • Case Reports