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Magnetic resonance imaging of cardiovascular thrombi in children

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Cardiovascular thrombosis is rare in children and usually occurs in the presence of predisposing conditions, such as indwelling vascular catheters, tumors, aneurysms, ventricular dysfunction, or after surgery. Clots can occur in the cardiac chambers, arteries or veins, or inside conduits. Detection of thrombi is feasible with a variety of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, including unenhanced methods but also contrast-enhanced MR angiography. In this essay we illustrate the MRI appearance of cardiovascular thrombosis in children and suggest an imaging protocol based on our clinical experience.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Ave., Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada

    Pablo Caro-Dominguez, Shi-Joon Yoo, Mike Seed & Lars Grosse-Wortmann

  2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital VIAMED Santa Angela de la Cruz, Health Time group, Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain

    Pablo Caro-Dominguez

  3. Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Shi-Joon Yoo, Mike Seed & Lars Grosse-Wortmann

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Caro-Dominguez, P., Yoo, SJ., Seed, M. et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of cardiovascular thrombi in children. Pediatr Radiol 48, 722–731 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-017-4011-x

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