Tumors
Case 250 - The Banana-Shaped Heart
MRI and CT are both useful and complimentary when it comes to pericardial disease
Bhavin Jankharia
Tumors
Case 246 - A Mitral Valve Mass
A tumor protocol cardiac MRI often allows a definite diagnosis to be made as in this case.
Adult Congenital
Case 242 - Dot-Like Myocardial Septal Enhancement
An unusual pattern of dot-like enhancement on 4C in the septum should alert us to look for this condition on CMR (prominent vessels, collateral vessels, infarcts) and altered patterns of perfusion and ischemia on stress CMR
Peripartum
COD 175 - When a Mother’s Large Heart Becomes Normal
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a complex condition where CMR has a role to play
Adult Congenital
The DCRV Enigma
Cardiac MRI is an important tool to diagnose adult congenital heart disease including double-chambered RV
Amyloidosis
The Value of Extracellular Volume (ECV) in ATTR - Transthyretin Amyloidosis
Cardiac MRI is a useful tool to diagnose amyloidosis. T1 mapping has become a mainstay, both native and ECV measurements. ECV measurement can now help quantify the amyloidosis burden and may help guide treatment based on how the ECV responds to specific treatment measures.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
COD 158 - Septum Predominant HCM and RVoTo
RVoTo involvement in HCM is uncommon but diagnosing it may change the management plan and prognosis
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
COD 077 - Decoding Septum Predominant Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Understanding standard septum predominant HCM
Infective Endocarditis
Case 229: Infective Endocarditis and Vegetations
Cardiac MRI does not show vegetations, easily especially if small. However, evaluating the transaxials through the valve may help pick up small nodules and to rule out mimics.
Infarcts
Case 226: Diagnosing Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture without Aneurysm
Diagnosing ventricular free wall rupture is not difficult, though these patients rarely come for cardiac MRI, since they are usually serious and clinically unstable.
Infarcts
Case 222: Papillary Muscle Infarction - Using All the Information on All the Sequences
How to diagnose papillary muscle infarction and rupture using all the information we can get from all the routine sequences we obtain
Pulmonary Hypertension
Case of the Day 126 - Unexplained Pulmonary Hypertension Decoded
In patients with PH, radiologists can make a difference in identifying a few pathologies as causes of PH (leaving aside known cardiac and pulmonary diseases, where the conditions are already known). We should not miss these, especially shunts.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Case of the Day 120 - The Universal Ischemia of Apical HCM
Ischemia in apical HCM appears to be universal and may be manifest at presentation or on follow-up.
Viability
Case of the Day 113 - The Concept of Reversible and Persistent MVO
Persistent MVO carries a poor prognosis
Tumors
Snippet 217: Real Masses - Indeterminate
A snippet on tumors that need a biopsy or either the tumor itself or of a related lesion for diagnosis.
Genetics