Radiation-free CMR diagnostic heart catheterization in children.

  • Ratnayaka, Kanishka
  • Kanter, Joshua P
  • Faranesh, Anthony Z
  • Grant, Elena K
  • Olivieri, Laura J
  • Cross, Russell R
  • Cronin, Ileen F
  • Hamann, Karin S
  • Campbell-Washburn, Adrienne E
  • O\u27Brien, Kendall J
  • Rogers, Toby
  • Hansen, Michael S
  • Lederman, Robert J
Publication date
September 2017
Publisher
Health Sciences Research Commons
Language
English

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Children with heart disease may require repeated X-Ray cardiac catheterization procedures, are more radiosensitive, and more likely to survive to experience oncologic risks of medical radiation. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is radiation-free and offers information about structure, function, and perfusion but not hemodynamics. We intend to perform complete radiation-free diagnostic right heart catheterization entirely using CMR fluoroscopy guidance in an unselected cohort of pediatric patients; we report the feasibility and safety. METHODS: We performed 50 CMR fluoroscopy guided comprehensive transfemoral right heart catheterizations in 39 pediatric (12.7 ± 4.7 years) subjects referred for clinically indicated cardiac ...

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