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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) phase contrast imaging has undergone a wide
range of changes with the development and availability of improved calibration procedures …

Valvular regurgitation represents an important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and
mortality. Imaging is pivotal in the evaluation of native valve regurgitation and …

Valvular disease remains a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
worldwide. 1 Over the past decade, catheter-based interventions in valvular disease have …

Advances in the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease (CHD) have led to
a marked improvement in the survival of patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). However …

A review of cardiovascular clinical and research applications of MRI phase-contrast velocity
imaging, also known as velocity mapping or flow imaging. Phase-contrast basic principles …

Pulmonary regurgitation (PR) is a common complication after surgical or percutaneous relief
of pulmonary stenosis and following repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Significant PR is usually …

(signal void) due to the dephasing of moving protons. This approach can help show the
location of “jets” and optimize the location of velocity sampling. Although SSFP provides …

Surgical management of tetralogy of Fallot results in anatomic and functional abnormalities
in the majority of patients. Although right ventricular volume load due to severe pulmonary …

In patients with congenital heart disease the right ventricle (RV) may support the pulmonary
(subpulmonary RV) or the systemic circulation (systemic RV). During the last 50 years …