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Published in: Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports 6/2012

Open Access 01-12-2012 | Echocardiography (MH Picard, Section Editor)

Multimodality Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease: an Update

Authors: Uyen T. Truong, Shelby Kutty, Craig S. Broberg, David J. Sahn

Published in: Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

The increasing number of survivors of congenital heart disease (CHD) has been paralleled by advancement of imaging modalities used for the ongoing assessment of these patients. There has been a large body of literature describing new approaches to non-invasive assessment of CHD. We will review new applications of well established as well as novel techniques for the management and understanding of CHD.
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Metadata
Title
Multimodality Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease: an Update
Authors
Uyen T. Truong
Shelby Kutty
Craig S. Broberg
David J. Sahn
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Current Science Inc.
Published in
Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1941-9066
Electronic ISSN: 1941-9074
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12410-012-9160-6

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