1. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Right Heart and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders
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Rosangela Cocchia, Eduardo Bossone, Luigia Romano, Anna Agnese Stanziola, Robert O. Bonow, Gaetano Mirto, Francesco Capuano, Ellen Ostenfeld, Salvatore Rega, Francesco Ferrara, Carla Contaldi, Santo Dellegrottaglie, Brigida Ranieri, Contaldi, C., Capuano, F., Romano, L., Ranieri, B., Ferrara, F., Mirto, G., Rega, S., Cocchia, R., Stanziola, A. A., Ostenfield, E., Dellegrottaglie, S., Bossone, E., Bonow, R. O., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Mecànica de Fluids, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GReCEF- Grup de Recerca en Ciència i Enginyeria de Fluids
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Pulmonary Circulation ,Therapeutic management ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,Física::Física de fluids [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Right heart and pulmonary circulation disorders ,Cardiac magnetic resonance ,Prognosi ,Hypertension, Pulmonary ,education ,Cardiology ,Cardiomyopathy ,Volume overload ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Cardiologia ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,Diagnosis ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cardiomyopathie ,Pressure overload ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,Blood flow ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,Pulmonary hypertension ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Ventricle ,Heart failure ,Ventricular Function, Right ,Right heart and pulmonary circulation disorder ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Cardiomyopathies ,Diagnosi ,Human - Abstract
Right heart and pulmonary circulation disorders are generally caused by right ventricle (RV) pressure overload, volume overload, and cardiomyopathy, and they are associated with distinct clinical courses and therapeutic approaches, although they often may coexist. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) provides a noninvasive accurate and reproducible multiplanar anatomic and functional assessment, tissue characterization, and blood flow evaluation of the right heart and pulmonary circulation. This article reviews the current status of the CMR, the most recent techniques, the new parameters and their clinical utility in diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic management in the right heart and pulmonary circulation disorders.
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- 2021