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Assessment of Right Ventricular Dysplasia

Harikrishna Tandri¹, David A. Bluemke¹

¹The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Publication Name:

Current Protocols in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Unit Number:

Unit A10.2

DOI:

10.1002/0471142719.mia1002s10

Online Posting Date:

November, 2003

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Figure A10.2.1

Prescription of transverse black blood images on sagittal scout image.

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Figure A10.2.2

Sagittal scout image showing the positioning of an anterior saturation band for the transverse black blood images.

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Figure A10.2.3

An example of a good quality transverse black blood sequence image. Note the use of anterior coil elements only and the use of an anterior saturation band.

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Figure A10.2.4

An example of a transverse bright blood cine sequence image.

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Figure A10.2.5

Prescription of a vertical long axis view of the left ventricle from a transverse image.

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Figure A10.2.6

Prescription of a four-chamber view from the vertical long axis image.

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Figure A10.2.7

Prescription of short-axis cine sequence on the four-chamber diastolic image. Note that the coverage starts from the mitral valve plane to the apex of the ventricle.

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Figure A10.2.8

An example of short-axis bright blood cine images. Note that the coverage starts from the mitral valve plane to the apex of the left ventricle.

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Figure A10.2.9

A short-axis black blood image.

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Figure A10.2.10

Transverse black blood images with fat suppression. Note the use of anterior coil elements only.

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Literature Cited
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	McKenna, W.J., Thiene, G., Nava, A., Fontaliran, F., Blomstrom-Lundqvist, C., Fontaine, G., and Camerini, F. 1994. Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. Br. Heart J. 71:215-218.
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	Thiene, G., Nava, A., Corrado, D., Rossi, L., and Pennelli, N. 1988. Right ventricular cardiomyopathy and sudden death in young people. N. Engl. J. Med. 318:129-133.
Internet Resources
	http://www.arvd.com
An Internet site providing an overview of clinical features of ARVD along with a current MRI protocol at the authors' institution.