Principles and Practice of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Congenital Heart Disease (PDF)

CMR is a powerful tool in the armamentarium of pediatric
cardiology and health care workers caring for patients with
congenital heart disease (CHD), but a successful study still
presents major technical and clinical challenges. This text was
created to give trainees, practitioners, allied professionals, and
researchers a repository of dependable information and images to
base their use of CMR on.

Because CHD presents an intricate web of connections and
associations that need to be deciphered, the imager performing CMR
needs to understand not only anatomy, physiology, function, and
surgery for CHD, but also the technical aspects of imaging. Written
by experts from the world's leading institutions, many of
whom pioneered the techniques and strategies described, the text is
organized in a logical way to provide a complete understanding of
the issues involved. It is divided into three main parts:

* The Basics of CMR - familiarizes the reader with the minimum
tools needed to understand the basics, such as evaluating
morphology, ventricular function, and utilizing contrast
agents

* CMR of Congenital and Acquired Pediatric Heart Disease -
discusses broad categories of CHD and the use of CMR in specific
disease states

* Special Topics in Pediatric Cardiac MR - covers other important
areas such as the complementary role of CT scanning, interventional
CMR, the role of the technologist in performing a CMR exam, and
more

With the ever increasing sophistication of technology, more can
be done with CMR in a high quality manner in a shorter period of
time than had been imagined as recently as just a few years ago.
Principles and Practice of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in
Congenital Heart Disease: Form, Function, and Flow makes a
major contribution to applying these techniques to improved patient
care. An ideal introduction for the novice or just the curious,
this reference will be equally useful to the seasoned practitioner
who wants to keep pace with developments in the field and would
like a repository of information and images readily availalble.