Abstract:A proposta deste trabalho foi estudar, prospectivamente, por ressonância magnética (RM), pacientes com diagnóstico de tetralogia de Fallot e avaliar a validade da RM como exame pré e pós-operatório nesses pacientes. Foram estudados, através de seqüências spin-eco e angiografia por RM (angio-RM) com utilização de gadolínio, 20 pacientes com idades entre 1 e 29 anos. Onze pacientes apresentavam a forma clássica da tetralogia de Fallot e nove, a forma extrema (tetralogia de Fallot com atresia pulmonar). O estudo … Show more
Magnetic resonance angiography is a useful tool in the evaluation of patients with tetralogy of Fallot. It can be considered a non-invasive alternative to cardiac catheterization in the evaluation of the pulmonary vascular anatomy.
Magnetic resonance angiography is a useful tool in the evaluation of patients with tetralogy of Fallot. It can be considered a non-invasive alternative to cardiac catheterization in the evaluation of the pulmonary vascular anatomy.
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