Abstract
Introduction About 5% of all patients suffering acute pulmonary embolism will develop chronic thrombembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). This in turn causes continuous detoriation of right ventricular function. Pulmonary thrombendarterectomy (PEA) is a possible cure of this condition with favourable long term prognosis. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) is an excellent tool for measurement of right ventricular volumes and function.
Highlights
About 5% of all patients suffering acute pulmonary embolism will develop chronic thrombembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
Abstracts of the 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2010 Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1532-429X-11-S1-info
This study seeks to determine the changes of right ventricular geometry before and after Pulmonary thrombendarterectomy (PEA) by Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) and ist accuracy compared to invasive measurements
Summary
Right ventricular remodelling after pulmonary thrombendarterectomie (PEA) for chronic thrombembolic pulmonary hypertension by cardiac MRI. Andreas Rolf*, Johannes Rixe, Joerg Wilhelm, Helge Moellmann, Johannes Boergel, Thorsten Kramm, Stefan Guth, Eckhart Mayer, Christian Hamm and Thorsten Dill. Address: Kerckhoff-Heart-Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany * Corresponding author from 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions Phoenix, AZ, USA. Published: 21 January 2010 Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2010, 12(Suppl 1):O102 doi:10.1186/1532-429X-12-S1-O102. Abstracts of the 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2010 Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1532-429X-11-S1-info
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