In the recent era, no congenital heart defect has undergone a more dramatic change in
diagnostic approach, management, and outcomes than hypoplastic left heart syndrome …

Abstract The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) last published its
comprehensive expert panel report of clinical indications for CMR in 2004. This new …

Since Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield independently published in 1974 the technique
that later became known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), this technology has …

Disclaimer 2020: The EACTS/AEPC Guidelines represent the views of the EACTS and the
AEPC and were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical …

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has expanded its role in the diagnosis and
management of congenital heart disease (CHD) and acquired heart disease in pediatric …

Background—There are very few validated prognostic markers in pediatric pulmonary
hypertension. Cardiac MRI is a useful, noninvasive method for determining prognosis in …

Background—Routine preoperative catheterization is standard practice in patients with
single-ventricle physiology before bidirectional Glenn anastomosis. Because catheterization …

Patients with repaired coarctation of the aorta are thought to have increased afterload due to
abnormalities in vessel structure and function. We have developed a novel cardiovascular …

BACKGROUND: The geometry and heterogeneity of the right ventricle in hypoplastic left
heart syndrome makes objective echocardiographic assessment of systolic function …

Objectives A previously published randomized clinical trial comparing cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) versus routine catheterization in patients with functional single ventricle …