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Vascular Anomalies and Diseases

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MRI of the Lung

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Pulmonary arterial vascular diseases can be either congenital or acquired. The spectrum of the congenital pulmonary vascular malformations includes abnormalities of the pulmonary arterial system and partial or total abnormal pulmonary venous return. Diseases of the pulmonary vessels, other than thromboembolic diseases (refer to Chap. 6), are either primary tumors of the vessels or external compression. The following sections are organized accordingly, covering congenital pulmonary vascular malformations, arteriovenous malformations and other diseases of the pulmonary vasculature. With increasing experience and development of new surgical techniques, more and more complex forms of congenital cardiovascular diseases can be corrected. All surgical approaches significantly benefit from detailed three-dimensional (3D) presentation of the complex anatomy, which can be acquired using MRI.

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Ley, S., Ley-Zaporozhan, J. (2009). Vascular Anomalies and Diseases. In: Kauczor, HU. (eds) MRI of the Lung. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34619-7_7

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