Purpose/ Objective

Many forms of congenital heart disease include the presence of atrial and/or ventricular septal defects, or may include the presence of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.  Standard non-invasive imaging techniques such as transthoracic echocardiography may not completely characterize the underlying anatomy and physiology in patients with these forms of congenital heart disease, whether prior to or following repair. When performed with attention to certain details, and using some novel techniques, CMR can improve the clinician’s understanding of the anatomy and resultant physiology in patients with septal defects and/or anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, both prior to and following surgical repair. Following this activity, learns be able to define what constitutes a cardiac shunt: left to right shunts, right to left shunts, understand CMR diagnosis (anatomic and physiologic) of congenital abnormalities of the pulmonary arteries and veins, as well as abnormalities in pulmonary arteries and veins following surgical repair of congenital heart disease lesions, and know how to calculate residual cardiac shunts by CMR in patients following surgical repair of congenital heart disease.

Accreditation Statement

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Instructions for Claiming CME

• Attend the sessions in full for which credit is sought
• Complete the post-activity evaluation
• A certificate of completion will be available once the evaluation is submitted

Financial Disclosures

The planners and faculty for this activity did not have any relevant relationships to disclose.

Disclosure of Commercial Support

SCMR received no funding to support this activity.

Bibliography

• Case 1B Courtesy of Albert Hsiao, MD, PhD