Quantification of Caval contribution to flow in the Right and Left Pulmonary Artery of Fontan patients with 4D Flow MRI
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Background Knowledge of caval contribution to flow in the Right and Left Pulmonary Artery (RPA and LPA) of Fontan patients is of great interest, because uneven flow distribution to the lungs is associated with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. However, in Fontan circulation more than 1 source of flow to the RPA and LPA is present, which makes difficult to quantify the flow distribution with standard methods. Although a novel MRI application was developed to quantify caval contribution years ago, it has limitations and it is not applicable to patients with turbulent flow in the Pulmonary Arteries (PA)[1]. We propose a new method to easily quantify the flow distribution in Fontan patients.
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