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Advantages of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Severe Pectus Excavatum Assessment in Children.
Mariela Dore
1 ,
Paloma Triana Junco
1 ,
Monserrat Bret
2 ,
Manuel Gomez Cervantes
1 ,
Martha Muñoz Romo
1 ,
Javier Jimenez Gomez
1 ,
Ana Perez Vigara
2 ,
Manuel Parron Pajares
2 ,
Jose Luis Encinas
1 ,
Francisco Hernandez
1 ,
Leopoldo Martinez
1 ,
Manuel Lopez Santamaria
1 ,
Carlos De La Torre
1
Feb 2018
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Abstract
Cardiac function can be impaired in patients with pectus excavatum (PE) due to anatomic and dynamic compression of the heart. Efforts for radiation dose reduction in imaging techniques have allowed cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (c-MRI) to play a major role in PE assessment. The aim of our study is to describe the findings of c-MRI 18 months after we changed the PE assessment protocol from chest computed tomography to c-MRI.