Cardiovascular MRI in Congenital Heart Disease

The last 10 years has seen explosive expansion of the number of centres performing cardiov- cular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging.

The majority of this expansion has been in the ?

eld of adult ischaemic imaging, but congenital heart disease remains one of the main indications for CMR.

Importantly, the greatly improved survival of patients with congenital heart disease gives us a burgeoning adult population living with the sequelae of the disease (grown-up c- genital heart disease ?

GUCH).

Without previous experience or formal training, the interpretation of CMR images of patients with congenital heart disease can be dif?

cult.

The main aim of this book is to create a portable resource that offers ef?

cient access to high-quality MR (and where appropriate, CT) images of the common congenital and structural heart abnormalities.

We hope that by prov- ing key images for each condition and a clear interpretation of the MR appearances, we will improve the reader?

s understanding of the conditions, facilitate their interpretation of images and optimise the planning of the imaging protocols during their own practice of congenital CMR.

As with any publication from a single institution, the contents of this book represent our own practice.

We have not written a de?

nitive or exhaustive description of the conditions.