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Cardiac MRI T1 mapping in unrepaired anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2017

Kate Hanneman  and
Rachel Wald
Kate Hanneman*
Affiliation:
Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Rachel Wald
Affiliation:
Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
*
Correspondence to: K. Hanneman, Joint Department of Medical Imaging, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, 585 University Avenue, 1PMB-298, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 1A1. Tel: (416) 340-4800 ext 3790; Fax: 416-593-0502; E-mail: kate.hanneman@uhn.ca
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Abstract

A 29-year-old gravida1 para1 woman presented with increasing fatigue. Multi-modality imaging demonstrated the left coronary artery arising from the main pulmonary artery with large collateral vessels in the interventricular septum, in keeping with unrepaired anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Cardiac MRI T1 mapping demonstrated globally elevated non-contrast T1 and extracellular volume fraction values, which suggested the presence of diffuse interstitial myocardial fibrosis. Cardiac MRI T1 mapping allows for a new dimension of myocardial characterisation, providing insight into subtle, diffuse abnormalities at the tissue level.

Keywords

CHDcoronary anomalyALCAPAcardiac MRIT1 mapping
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 9 , November 2017 , pp. 1832 - 1835
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© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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