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

Cesare Mantini; Domenico  Mastrodicasa; Valeria Di Mascio; Luca Procaccini; Marzia Olivieri; Michele Scarano; Fabrizio Ricci; Filippo Cademartiri

doi:10.23750/abm.v92iS1.10864

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

Authors

Cesare Mantini Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Domenico Mastrodicasa Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Valeria Di Mascio Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Luca Procaccini Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Marzia Olivieri Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Michele Scarano Cardiology Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital “Madonna del Soccorso”, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
Fabrizio Ricci Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; Casa di Cura Villa Serena, Città Sant’Angelo, Pescara, Italy
Filippo Cademartiri SDN IRCCS, Naples, Italy 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.

Author Biography

Filippo Cademartiri, SDN IRCCS, Naples, Italy

Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Department fo Radiology, SDN IRCCS, Naples, Italy Chairman Department fo Radiology, Area Vasta 1, ASUR Marche, Italy

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