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Exercise cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to assess dynamic right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in congenital heart disease: a case report.

Beatrice SantensRuben De BosscherWerner BudtsJan Bogaert
Published in: European heart journal. Case reports (2020)
The additional value of exercise CMR imaging in a case of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction was described. Although exercise cardiac magnetic resonance imaging did not show a significant increase in peak gradient across the right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, shifting and D-shaping of the interventricular septum with subsequent insufficient left ventricular filling (preload) was observed in the patient with recurrent double-chambered right ventricle. This case demonstrates how exercise CMR imaging can be helpful in the clinical decision beyond standard echocardiographic evaluation by providing additional evidence of adverse haemodynamics during exercise.
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