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Windram JD, Siu SC, Wald RM, Silversides CK. New Directives in Cardiac Imaging: Imaging the Adult With Congenital Heart Disease. Can J Cardiol 2013; 29:830-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2013.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Kalra N, Klewer SE, Raasch H, Sorrell VL. Update on tetralogy of Fallot for the adult cardiologist including a brief historical and surgical perspective. CONGENIT HEART DIS 2010; 5:208-19. [PMID: 20576040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00402.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There has been a steady rise in the prevalence of severe congenital heart disease (CHD) in adults because of improved treatment and survival during childhood. This has resulted in a shift in CHD morbidity and mortality beyond 18 years of age. The healthcare community must be prepared to meet this new challenge. Adult cardiologists need to be aware of common CHD, such as tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), as they will encounter adults with this CHD in their practice. With routine monitoring, cardiac imaging, early intervention, and treatment as highlighted in this report, continued improvement in the long-term fitness and avoidance of late complications for adult TOF patient is anticipated.
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- Nishant Kalra
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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Boxt LM. Magnetic resonance and computed tomographic evaluation of congenital heart disease. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 19:827-47. [PMID: 15170787 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) provide noninvasive visualization of morphologic changes in pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease, as well as the functional changes caused by the underlying morphologic abnormalities. Clinical experience with MRI is richer than that with fast CT, but CT appears to provide accurate and high-quality imagery for diagnosis. The two modalities may be complementary. That is, intracardiac anatomy is so well depicted by MRI, and CT provides exquisite images of the great vessels. Furthermore, in adult patients, MR and CT are helpful in demonstrating and quantitating physiologic changes superimposed by acquired cardiovascular disease on the underlying congenital malformations. Using MRI, spin echo acquisitions provide the image data for evaluation of morphologic changes, and gradient reversal techniques add functional and flow data to complement morphologic changes. Contrast-enhanced electrocardiographic (ECG)-gated multidetector and electron beam CT examination provide morphologic information and may be used as a data set for off-line functional quantitation.
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- Lawrence M Boxt
- Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003, USA.
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MR examination of patients with congenital heart disease is a useful means of explicitly demonstrating chamber morphology and, in particular, morphologic changes caused by physiologic changes brought on by particular defects. Use of MR techniques allows characterization of chamber morphology for determination of cardiac connections and great artery relationships. The high-contrast resolution of spin echo acquisition provides important morphologic detail. Cine gradient echo techniques complement spin echo acquisition by providing functional and flow information. Although MR examination complements echocardiographic investigation in pediatric and adult patients, is may be useful for replacing angiocardiography, shortening examination time, and decreasing morbidity in diagnostic workups of these patients.
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- Lawrence M Boxt
- Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Ovaert C, Caldarone CA, McCrindle BW, Nykanen D, Freedom RM, Coles JG, Williams WG, Benson LN. Endovascular stent implantation for the management of postoperative right ventricular outflow tract obstruction: clinical efficacy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 118:886-93. [PMID: 10534694 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(99)70058-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Extracardiac conduits between the right ventricle and pulmonary arteries commit patients to multiple reoperations. We reviewed our experience with stent implantation in obstructed conduits. METHODS Between 1990 and 1997, stents were implanted across 43 conduits. The median age at procedure was 6 years (0.5-17 years), and the median interval between conduit insertion and stent implantation was 2.4 years (0.3-14 years). RESULTS Mean systolic right ventricular pressures and gradients, respectively, decreased from 71 +/- 18 mm Hg and 48 +/- 19 mm Hg before to 48 +/- 15 mm Hg and 19 +/- 13 mm Hg after stent placement. Mean percentage of predicted valve area for body surface area increased from 26% +/- 12% to 48% +/- 17% after stent placement. Fifteen patients underwent a second transcatheter intervention (dilation or additional stent), and 2 patients, a third, allowing further postponement of surgery in 8 patients. One sudden death occurred 2.8 years after stent placement. Surgical conduit replacement has occurred in 20 patients. Body growth was maintained during follow-up. Freedom from surgical reintervention was 86% at 1 year, 72% at 2 years, and 47% at 4 years. Higher right ventricular pressure and gradient before and after stent placement and lower percentage of predicted valve area for body surface area after stent placement were associated with shorter palliation. CONCLUSION Endovascular stent placement across obstructed conduits is a safe and effective palliation that allows for normal body growth.
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- C Ovaert
- Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, Division of Cardiology, and the Variety Club Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto School of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE heart started in the 1970's, over the subsequent 25 years, enormous advances have been made in both the hardware and software of magnetic resonance imaging machines so that we can now obtain fast, detailed and accurate images of the heart and great vessels. In chronological terms, therefore, we can say that cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has come of age. In this article we will highlight some of the clinical applications of different magnetic resonance imaging techniques, as well as some recent developments. We will demonstrate that, in clinical investigation of congenital heart disease, magnetic resonance imaging has truly come of age.
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- R Razavi
- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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Holmqvist C, Oskarsson G, Ståhlberg F, Thilén U, Björkhem G, Laurin S. Functional evaluation of extracardiac ventriculopulmonary conduits and of the right ventricle with magnetic resonance imaging and velocity mapping. Am J Cardiol 1999; 83:926-32. [PMID: 10190411 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)01060-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Extracardiac ventriculopulmonary conduits tend to deteriorate over time, developing both obstruction and regurgitation. In this prospective study, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was compared with Doppler echocardiography to determine whether MRI improves the noninvasive evaluation of conduit patients. Twenty-five patients (median age 10 years, range 2.5 to 32) were investigated 27 times with Doppler echocardiography and an MRI protocol with spin echo sequences for morphology, velocity mapping, and multislice gradient echo technique for right ventricular volume measuring. Cardiac catheterization data were available in 6 patients. Echocardiography could assess the morphology of the conduits in 6 patients, whereas MRI demonstrated all conduits efficiently. Doppler echocardiography could evaluate the occurrence of regurgitation in 18 patients and could quantify peak velocity in 20 of the patients. A technically adequate MRI velocity mapping was obtained in 25 patients. There was good agreement between MRI and Doppler echocardiography in establishing or not establishing regurgitation, but Doppler echocardiography was less reliable in evaluating the degree of regurgitation. The correlation between peak velocity determined with Doppler and magnetic resonance imaging was r = 0.63 [corrected]. Correlations between catheterization pressure gradients and noninvasive techniques were r = 0.97 for magnetic resonance imaging [corrected] versus catheterization, and r = 0.86 [corrected] for Doppler versus catheterization. MRI can provide complete information on the morphology and function of extracardiac ventriculopulmonary conduits, as well as of the right ventricle. If the results of MRI and echocardiography with Doppler are in agreement, heart catheterization and angiography can be avoided, even in patients considered for conduit replacement.
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- C Holmqvist
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Lund, Sweden
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Although the incidence of congenital heart disease remains constant among newborns, improved medical and surgical techniques have dramatically prolonged life expectancy and produced a new, growing group of patients harboring these lesions: adults with congenital heart disease. Conventional imaging techniques in these patients may be limited because of patient size, chest configuration, or poor ventricular function. MR imaging provides a noninvasive means of directly demonstrating their developmental abnormalities and the sequelae of pathophysiologic changes caused by these lesions. Combined use of spin echo and gradient reversal echo acquisition techniques allows complete evaluation of cardiac morphology and function in these patients. An new medical and surgical therapies prolong the lives of these patients, the role of MR imaging for physiologic assessment and surgical planning will expand further.
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- O Wimpfheimer
- Department of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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Clearly, both echocardiography and MRI play vital roles in the diagnosis and management of children with congenital heart defects. 2-D Doppler echocardiography is very easy to use in a vast array of clinical situations. The accuracy of the anatomic and hemodynamic findings are well accepted. In comparative studies, 2-D Doppler echocardiography appears preferable for intracardiac anatomy, whereas MRI appears preferable for extracardiac anatomy. In certain patients, Doppler echocardiography may not be able to optimally obtain the anatomic or hemodynamic information, and MRI should be used in these particular cases.
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- G R Marx
- Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Magnetic resonance imaging is a unique and insightful tool for the assessment of structure and function in congenital heart disease. For anatomic assessment, the large field of view, lack of limitation by patient size, and ability to create three-dimensional surface displays from routine imaging acquisitions offer several advantages over other modalities. The ability of magnetic resonance imaging to assess the volume and mass of bizarre ventricular shapes accurately and myocardial tissue and blood tagging as well as phase encoded velocity mapping has enhanced research in pediatric cardiology. Newer techniques, such as oxygen-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging and echo-planar magnetic resonance imaging, promise even further advances in research and in clinical applications.
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- P M Weinberg
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
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Bornemeier RA, Weinberg PM, Fogel MA. Angiographic, echocardiographic, and three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging of extracardiac conduits in congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 1996; 78:713-7. [PMID: 8831418 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00442-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Visualization of extracardiac conduits was evaluated comparing angiography, echocardiography, and magnetic resonance imaging with 3-dimensional reconstructions. Magnetic resonance imaging afforded visualization of the conduit in its entirety in a higher percentage of patients than the other 2 imaging modalities.
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Powell AJ, Lock JE, Keane JF, Perry SB. Prolongation of RV-PA conduit life span by percutaneous stent implantation. Intermediate-term results. Circulation 1995; 92:3282-8. [PMID: 7586315 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.92.11.3282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) homografts and bioprosthetic conduits are commonly used to palliate various types of complex congenital heart disease. These conduits frequently develop progressive obstruction and require surgical replacement. This report reviews our experience implanting balloon-expandable stents to relieve conduit obstruction and delay reoperation. METHODS AND RESULTS A retrospective review identified 44 patients who underwent placement of 48 stents in obstructed RV-PA conduits. Median patient age was 6.9 years (range, 7 months to 30 years), and median follow-up time was 14.2 months (range, 0 to 48 months). Stent implantation initially decreased the RV-PA pressure gradient from 61.0 +/- 16.9 to 29.7 +/- 11.9 mm Hg (P < or = .001) and the right ventricular-to-systemic arterial pressure ratio from 0.92 +/- 0.17 to 0.63 +/- 0.20 (P < or = .001). The diameter of the stenotic region expanded from 9.3 +/- 3.5 to 12.3 +/- 3.3 mm in the anteroposterior view (P < or = .001) and from 6.6 +/- 2.9 to 10.9 +/- 2.5 mm in the lateral view (P < or = .001). During the follow-up period, 2 patients had their stents redilated, 7 had additional conduit stents deployed, and 14 underwent surgical replacement of their conduits. Actuarial freedom from conduit reoperation was 65% at 30 months postprocedure. Seven patients were found to have fractured stents on follow-up, suggesting an important role for external compressive forces in conduit failure. Recatheterization in 16 patients a median of 11.8 months (3 to 48 months) postprocedure demonstrated hemodynamic evidence of recurrent obstruction despite sustained enlargement at the previously stented sites. Complications included stent displacement (n = 1), bacterial endocarditis (n = 1), and false aneurysm formation (n = 1). One patient died awaiting conduit replacement surgery. CONCLUSIONS Stent implantation in obstructed RV-PA conduits results in significant immediate hemodynamic and angiographic improvement. In a subgroup of patients, the procedure prolongs conduit life span by several years and increases the interval between conduit reoperations. Recurrent obstruction is caused by external compression and progressive stenosis outside the stented region.
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- A J Powell
- Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 02115, USA
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Mohiaddin RH, Longmore DB. Functional aspects of cardiovascular nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. Techniques and application. Circulation 1993; 88:264-81. [PMID: 8319341 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.88.1.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- R H Mohiaddin
- Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, Magnetic Resonance Unit, London, UK
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Wilentz JR, Fratellone P. Diagnosis of stenosis in a pulmonary valve-conduit using an angioplasty guide and probing catheter. CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS 1993; 29:144-7. [PMID: 8348601 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810290212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A 42-year-old man who had undergone previous Blalock-Taussig anastomoses and placement of a homograft aortic valve-root conduit for tetralogy of Fallot presented with dyspnea at rest. Previous catheterization had shown homograft stenosis at the level of the pulmonic valve. Repeat catheterization necessitated the use of angioplasty guide and probing catheters to cross the stenosis, and pullback documented stenoses both across the homografted valve and within the homograft aortic root-native pulmonary artery conduit.
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- J R Wilentz
- Hemodynamics Laboratory, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10021
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Bank ER. MAGNETIC RESONANCE OF CONGENITAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Radiol Clin North Am 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8389(22)02605-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Martinez JE, Mohiaddin RH, Kilner PJ, Khaw K, Rees S, Somerville J, Longmore DB. Obstruction in extracardiac ventriculopulmonary conduits: value of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging with velocity mapping and Doppler echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1992; 20:338-44. [PMID: 1634669 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(92)90099-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate the value of noninvasive imaging modalities for the detection of obstruction in extracardiac ventriculopulmonary conduits. BACKGROUND the diagnosis of obstruction in a conduit by noninvasive methods can be difficult. Obstruction may be silent and its progression unnoticed. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) with velocity mapping is a new noninvasive technique that can provide high resolution images and has been shown to be a reliable method of measuring blood flow velocity. METHODS Two-dimensional echocardiography, pulsed wave Doppler echocardiography and NMR spin echo imaging were used in 52 patients with an extracardiac ventriculopulmonary conduit. Continuous wave Doppler echocardiography was used in 30 of these, Doppler color flow mapping in 26 and NMR velocity mapping in 12. Cardiac catheterization data were available in 27 patients and operative or autopsy findings in 11. RESULTS The conduit could be assessed by two-dimensional and pulsed wave Doppler echocardiography in only 17% of patients. Doppler color flow and continuous wave echocardiography provided technically satisfactory data in 19% and 83%, respectively. The anatomy of the conduit was adequately displayed by NMR imaging in 90%. A minimal diameter less than 18 mm indicated conduit obstruction, although failure to detect calcification resulted in obstruction being missed in some patients. Calculated gradients in obstructed conduits derived from NMR velocity mapping correlated well with results of continuous wave Doppler echocardiography and gave an accurate localization of the site of obstruction as well as a measure of its severity. CONCLUSION NMR imaging with velocity mapping is the most effective noninvasive method of assessing obstruction in ventriculopulmonary conduits and can obviate the need for invasive investigation before an interventional procedure is performed.
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- J E Martinez
- Grown up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, Chelsea
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