Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 59-67, January 2010

Interventional cardiovascular MR—The next stage in pediatric cardiology

  • Kanishka Ratnayaka

      Affiliations

    • Translational Medicine Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    • The Cardiology Division, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Translational Medicine Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 2c713, MSC1538, Bethesda, MD 20892-1538, USA.
    • ,
  • Robert J. Lederman

      Affiliations

    • The Cardiology Division, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

Abstract 

Real-time magnetic resonance imaging is attractive to guide minimally invasive treatment of structural heart disease not only because it can spare radiation but also because soft tissue imaging may add value. Interventional cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging will allow simple as well as novel non-surgical treatments of structural heart disease in children. Real-time MRI tools already are available. Catheter tools are emerging. A handful of pediatrics hospitals are installing investigational systems now to explore this promising technology.

Abbreviations: CT, Computed tomography, MR, Magnetic resonance, MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging, SSFP, Steady state free precession pulse sequence, XFM, X-Ray fused with magnetic resonance imaging

Keywords: Cardiovascular MR, X-Ray angiography, Interventional MR, Congenital heart disease

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PII: S1058-9813(09)00040-X

doi:10.1016/j.ppedcard.2009.10.008

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 59-67, January 2010

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