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Magnetic resonance imaging and transesophageal echocardiography—a comparative study in patients with congenital heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Scott E. Fletcher ,
Derek A. Fyfe ,
Henry B. Wiles  and
Lisa F. McKellar
Scott E. Fletcher*
Affiliation:
From the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Children's Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Charleston
Derek A. Fyfe
Affiliation:
From the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Children's Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Charleston
Henry B. Wiles
Affiliation:
From the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Children's Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Charleston
Lisa F. McKellar
Affiliation:
From the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Children's Heart Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Charleston
*
Dr. Scott E. Fletcher, University of Nebraska Medical Center/Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, 8301 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68114, USA. Tel. (402) 390-5612; Fax. (402) 390-3637.
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Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging have proved useful as noninvasive imaging modalities in postoperative patients with congenital heart disease, or patients with suboptimal transthoracic echocardiograms. Each modality has specific advantages. When both are of equal efficacy, magnetic resonance imaging is recommended because it is less invasive and more comfortable for the patient.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseasemagnetic resonance imagingtransesophageal echocardiography
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 156 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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