The potential role of feature tracking in adult congenital heart disease: advantages and disadvantages in measuring myocardial deformation by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Abstract Background Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has several advantages over other imaging modalities in adult patients with congenital heart disease. Limitations remain however, in the assessment of myocardial function based on volumetric methods. There is increasing evidence in a range...

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Main Authors: Ahmed M. Dardeer, Lucy Hudsmith, Roman Wesolowski, Paul Clift, Richard P. Steeds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Congenital Cardiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40949-018-0015-0