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Postoperative Imaging in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases: Part 1, Normal Findings

¹ Department of Radiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, Xubias de Arriba 84, 15006 La Coruña, Spain.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain.

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this article is to illustrate the most common surgical procedures performed in patients with cyanotic congenital heart diseases along with the respective postoperative MRI findings normally seen in clinical practice.

CONCLUSION. Radiologists need a solid knowledge of the surgical procedures used to treat patients with cyanotic congenital heart diseases to identify what constitutes normal postoperative findings on MR images and to play an ongoing role in the integral lifelong care of these patients.

Keywords: cardiac surgery • cine imaging • congenital heart disease • cyanosis • heart disease • hemodynamics • MR angiography • MRI • shunts

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