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Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging with transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of ventricular septal defect‐associated coronary cusp prolapse
Author(s) -
Yoshimura Norihiko,
Hori Yoshiro,
Horii Yousuke,
Suzuki Hiroshi,
Hasegawa Satoshi,
Takahashi Masashi,
Watanabe Hiroshi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.22370
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , cusp (singularity) , deformity , cardiology , radiology , complication , geometry , mathematics
Purpose To compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the diagnosis of coronary cusp prolapse (CCP) as a complication of ventricular septal defect (VSD). Materials and Methods Twenty‐three patients (10 males, 13 females, mean age 9 years) with clinically suspected CCP were included in a retrospective study. Long and short axis cine images and electrocardiogram (ECG)‐gated axial T1‐weighted image MRI images were evaluated for deformity and protrusion of right and noncoronary cusps. We compared MRI and TTE results. We compared the agreement between MRI and TTE in outlet VSD and membranous VSD. Results On MRI, 19 patients had right coronary cusp prolapse (RCCP), three had noncoronary cusp prolapse (NCCP), and one patient had RCCP and NCCP on MRI. Twenty‐two patients had RCCP on TTE and none had NCCP. Seventeen patients had outlet defects and six patients had a membranous defect at operation. All patients with an outlet VSD had RCCP on both MRI and TTE. The agreement between MRI and TTE in outlet VSD was better than in membranous VSD. Conclusion MRI results corresponded with TTE results in patients with outlet VSDs, but discordant results were observed in patients with membranous VSDs. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2010;32:1099–1103. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.