Cardiovascular MRI in Practice

1. Front Matter

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2. Techniques and Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Overview

      Pages 3-15

   3. The Standard Cardiac Exam

      Pages 17-24

   4. Ischemic Heart Disease and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies

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   5. Hemodynamic Assessment and Congenital Heart Disease

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   6. Pericardial Disease and Cardiac Masses

      Pages 49-57

   7. MR Angiography: General Principles

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   8. Body MRA

      Pages 65-74

   9. Peripheral MRA

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3. Cases

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Teaching File Case 1

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   3. Teaching File Case 2

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   4. Teaching File Case 3

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   5. Teaching File Case 4

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   6. Teaching File Case 5

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   7. Teaching File Case 6

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   8. Teaching File Case 7

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   9. Teaching File Case 8

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   10. Teaching File Case 9

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Cardiovascular MR imaging has become a robust, clinically useful mod- ity, and the rapid pace of innovation and important information it conveys have attracted many students whose goal is to become adept practitioners. In turn, many excellent textbooks have been written to aid this process. These books are necessary and useful in helping the student learn the underlying pulse sequences used in CMR, as well as the imaging findings in a variety of disorders. However, one of the difficulties inherent in learning CMR from a book is that the printed format is not the ideal medium to d- play the dynamic imaging that comprises a typical CMR case. For instance, it may be difficult to perceive focal areas of wall motion abnormality on serial static pictures, but these abnormalities are often easily seen on cine loops. One might say that trying to learn CMR solely from a standard textbook with illustrations is like trying to learn to drive by looking at snapshots obtained through the windshield of a moving car. The learner needs to see the cardiac motion and decide if it is normal or abnormal; he or she needs to be in the driver’s seat. An additional limitation of the ava- able textbooks on CMR is that while they often have superb illustrations of abnormal findings, these images have been preselected.

• MR Angiography
• MR imaging
• angiography
• cardiovascular
• congenital heart disease
• diagnosis
• heart
• imaging
• magnetic resonance
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Ultrasonography

• Department of Radiology, Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging, VCU Medical Center, Richmond, USA

  John D. Grizzard

• Department of Medicine and Radiology, Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

  Robert M. Judd, Raymond J. Kim

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