Multi-modality Imaging Evaluation of a Rare and Complex Case of Single Ventricle Physiology; the important role of Cardiac MR

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Cesare Mantini
Domenico Mastrodicasa
Valeria Di Mascio
Luca Procaccini
Marzia Olivieri
Michele Scarano
Fabrizio Ricci
Filippo Cademartiri https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-3279

Keywords

CMR; Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance; single ventricle; multimodality imaging; congenital heart disease

Abstract

Congenital heart diseases (CHD) represent a major clinical and diagnostic challenge for correct abnormality identification and subsequent successful therapy; even more challenging is following-up patient health after multiple post-interventional corrections often required in complex cardio-vascular abnormalities.


We describe a multi-modality imaging evaluation of a complex congenital cardio-vascular diseases, underlining the relevance of cardiac magnetic resonance to non invasively solve some issues related to postsurgical changes.

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