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Gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography in the evaluation of congenital cardiovascular disease pre- and postoperative states in infants and children.

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of dynamic contrast magnetic resonance (MR) angiography under sedation for assessing congenital cardiovascular disease in infants and small children before and after cardiac surgery. In 38 patients with cardiovascular abnormalities, thoracic vasculatures were evaluated in either the preoperative (group 1; 23 patients, median age 9 months old) or the postoperative (group 2; 15 patients median age 1. 3 years old) state using gadolinium-enhanced dynamic MR angiography. Acquired data were processed with a multiprojection volume reconstruction. Image quality (grades 1-5, undiagnostic to excellent), presence or absence of the extracardiac vasculature, its pathology (group 1), and the patency of the postsurgical shunt or reconstructed vasculature (group 2) were evaluated. All images were of diagnostic image quality (mean grade 4.4-3.2). Recognition of the thoracic vasculature was correctly made in all cases (38/38, 100%). In group 1, anomalies and pathologic changes were correctly identified in 22 of 23 cases (95.7%). In one patient with dextrocardia and the cardiac type of total anomalous pulmonary venous return, the abnormality was not recognized. In group 2, the patency of the shunt flow after Glenn (n = 6), modified Fontan (n = 4), Rastelli (n = 1), and Blalock-Taussig (n = 3) operations was well demonstrated in each case. The reconstructed pulmonary artery (n = 1), veins (n = 2), and aorta (n = 1) were correctly visualized. In one case, stenosis of the reconstructed left pulmonary vein was missed by MR angiography. In 14 of 15 cases in group 2 (93.3%), MR angiography correctly gave information on the operated areas. In conclusion, dynamic contrast MR angiography under sedation is useful for evaluation of the thoracic vasculature of infants and small children in the pre- and postoperative states. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2000;12:1034-1042.
AuthorsT Masui, M Katayama, S Kobayashi, T Ito, M Seguchi, M Koide, A Nozaki, H Sakahara
JournalJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI (J Magn Reson Imaging) Vol. 12 Issue 6 Pg. 1034-42 (Dec 2000) ISSN: 1053-1807 [Print] United States
PMID11105047 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Topics
  • Aortography
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Defects, Congenital (diagnosis, surgery)
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications (diagnosis)
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

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