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Congenital Cardiac Abnormality
September 15, 2003
Courtesy of: Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
Dr. Steven Dymarkowski
- 30 yr. old male with known congenital cardiac abnormality
- Large ventricle septum defect
- Pulmonary hypertension with huge pulmonary artery aneurysm
- Hypo-plastic right ventricle
- Transposition great arteries
- Pulmonary valve insufficiency
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- Large VSD (ventricle septum defect)
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- Large VSD (ventricle septum defect)
- Pulmonary artery aneurysm
- Transposition of the great arteries
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- Pulmonary valve insufficiency
- High flow jets result in black appearance of regurgent flow
- Note the clarity of these images showing the flow direction inside the aneurysm.
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- Pulmonary valve insufficiency
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Flow quantification confirms regurgent flow through pulmonary (!) valve.
- Blue = descending flow
- Red = ascending flow
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- Contrast enhanced MR angiography of the pulmonary artery
- Images rendered on EasyVision give excellent overview of the anatomy and pathology
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