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Cardiac MRI Physics

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Clinical Cardiac MRI

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

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This chapter addresses the use of MRI and to a lesser extent CT in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension. The basics of pulmonary hypertension will be addressed, including epidemiology and treatment strategies. Then different MRI techniques will be discussed in the context of their relevance to pulmonary hypertension. Finally the role of CT in pulmonary hypertension will be discussed. By the end of the chapter the reader should have a better understanding of how to use cross-sectional imaging in pulmonary hypertension.

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  1. Cardio-Respiratory Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

    Vivek Muthurangu

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

    Steven Dymarkowski

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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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Muthurangu, V., Dymarkowski, S. (2011). Cardiac MRI Physics. 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_412

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