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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Magnetic resonance imaging can be helpful as a diagnostic tool in conditions where the echocardiographic findings are inconclusive. | Magnetic resonance imaging can be helpful as a diagnostic tool in conditions where the echocardiographic findings are inconclusive.<ref name="pmid7955830">{{cite journal |author=Eustace S, Kruskal JB, Hartnell GG |title=Ebstein's anomaly presenting in adulthood: the role of cine magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis |journal=[[Clinical Radiology]] |volume=49 |issue=10 |pages=690–2 |year=1994 |month=October |pmid=7955830 |doi= |url= |issn= |accessdate=2012-10-20}}</ref> | ||
==Magnetic resonance imaging== | ==Magnetic resonance imaging== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] and Claudia P. Hochberg, M.D. [2]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]}; Keri Shafer, M.D. [4] Priyamvada Singh, MBBS [[5]] Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [[6]]
Overview
Magnetic resonance imaging can be helpful as a diagnostic tool in conditions where the echocardiographic findings are inconclusive.[1]
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used as a diagnostic modality in the evaluation of the patient who is suspected to have Ebstein's anomaly if the echocardiogram is inconclusive.
Advantages of MRI
- It can be used in cases where echocardiographic results are inconclusive.
- Helps in measuring heart volumes, blood flow and ventricular wall thickness.
- The magnetic resonance angiography helps in better visualization of heart vasculature and measuring the size the pulmonary arteries
- Phase velocity mapping helps in measuring the ratio of pulmonary to systemic blood flow (Qp:Qs).
Disadvantages of MRI
- For successful MRI procedure breath holding is required, which is sometimes difficult to achieve with small kids.
- Some patients may become claustrophobic.
- Due to the above, the procedure is sometimes done under general anesthesia in children.
- There may be limited expertise to interpret the MRI as well.