Shankar Sridharan – Cardiovascular MRI of Congenital Heart Disease

Автор: Shankar Sridharan
Название книги: Cardiovascular MRI of Congenital Heart Disease
Формат: PDF
Страницы: 170
Жанр: Медицина
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

The last 10 years has seen explosive expansion of the number of centres performing cardiovascular
magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. The majority of this expansion has been in the fi eld
of adult ischaemic imaging, but congenital heart disease remains one of the main indications
for CMR. Importantly, the greatly improved survival of patients with congenital heart disease
gives us a burgeoning adult population living with the sequelae of the disease (grown-up congenital
heart disease – GUCH).
Without previous experience or formal training, the interpretation of CMR images of
patients with congenital heart disease can be diffi cult. The main aim of this book is to create a
portable resource that offers effi cient access to high-quality MR (and where appropriate, CT)
images of the common congenital and structural heart abnormalities. We hope that by providing
key images for each condition and a clear interpretation of the MR appearances, we will
improve the reader’s understanding of the conditions, facilitate their interpretation of images
and optimise the planning of the imaging protocols during their own practice of congenital
CMR.
As with any publication from a single institution, the contents of this book represent our
own practice. We have not written a defi nitive or exhaustive description of the conditions.
However, we hope that we have produced a factual, simple and eye-pleasing guide for fellows
training in CMR, radiographers and technicians performing CMR scans, physician users of
CMR, and perhaps those few in adult ischaemic practice, who may need the occasional aide
memoir for incidental fi ndings!
We hope that you will fi nd this book useful in your everyday practice and learning.
Shankar Sridharan