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Cardiac Anatomy

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Clinical Cardiac MRI

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an excellent technique to evaluate cardiac anatomy in normal and pathologic conditions. Using a combination of dark-blood and bright-blood MRI in one or more imaging planes, the different parts of the heart can be studied in detail. This chapter describes the presentation of the different cardiac structures on MRI, as well as the relation of the heart with other structures within the chest. The chapter is extensively illustrated showing the heart and surrounding structures in different image planes, thus allowing to become familiar with the complex cardiac anatomy. Several helpful key points are provided as a guide toward a correct interpretation of cardiac anatomy.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging Research Center (MIRC), University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    J. Bogaert

  2. Cardiothoracic Unit, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    A. M. Taylor

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  1. University Hospital Leuven, Dept. Radiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    Jan Bogaert

  2. University Hospital Leuven, Dept. Radiology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    Steven Dymarkowski

  3. Hospital for Children, Cardio-respiratory Unit, Great Ormond Street, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

    Andrew M. Taylor

  4. Hospital for Children, Cardio-respiratory Unit, Great Ormond Street, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

    Vivek Muthurangu

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Bogaert, J., Taylor, A.M. (2011). Cardiac Anatomy. In: Bogaert, J., Dymarkowski, S., Taylor, A., Muthurangu, V. (eds) Clinical Cardiac MRI. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2011_334

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