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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:542-543
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Noninvasive three-dimensional reconstruction of the heart and great vessels by ECG-gated magnetic resonance imaging: A new diagnostic modality

^* Address reprint requests to Dr Cox, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 3108 Queeny Tower, Barnes Hospital Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63110.

We have developed a new method of computer image processing that allows true three-dimensional (3-D) images of the heart and great vessels to be reconstructed from standard ECG-gated two-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) images. Contiguous 5-mm thick MR images of the thorax from the level of the cardiac apex to the aortic arch were obtained in 4 normal volunteers and 3 patients with congenital heart disease: 1 with pseudotruncus arteriosus and 1 with a ventricular septal defect, each with Eisenmenger's complex, and 1 with aortic coarctation. Each image could be obtained at up to seven different intervals throughout the cardiac cycle with ECG gating. The scanning procedure is noninvasive and requires no contrast material. Using standard software, images from each interval in the cardiac cycle were edited to isolate pertinent cardiac and great vessel structures. High-resolution 3-D reconstructions were formed for each interval by stacking the edited images. Sequential projection of 3-D reconstructions from each interval yields four-dimensional (includes time) cine views. Both 3-D and cine views can be obtained from any axis or divided in any plane to allow accurate, noninvasive assessment of cardiac and great vessel anatomy, chamber volumes, and regional and global wall motion. Noninvasive 3-D reconstruction of the heart and great vessels provides accurate anatomical data not available from standard cardiac catheterization or other noninvasive diagnostic procedures, and aids in the preoperative planning of the procedure to correct complex congenital malformations.

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