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<![CDATA[[Review] Repair of Congenital Heart Disease: A Primer-Part 1]]>
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/short/247/3/617?rss=1
Advances in the surgical management of congenital heart disease have led to enhanced patient survival and quality of life. Improvements in technology in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have resulted in increasing use of cross-sectional imaging in these patients. Perioperative care in these patients requires that radiologists have an understanding of the surgical treatment and the resultant postoperative anatomy. Because many of these patients with treated congenital heart disease are being followed into the 4th and 5th decades of life, this is information that will fall within the domain of the radiologist who deals with adults. This review, which is presented in two parts, covers the major surgical procedures used for the treatment of congenital heart disease, and will be presented in two parts. In part 1, median sternotomy and its complications, palliative procedures, and complex repairs are discussed.
]]>2008-05-16info:doi/10.1148/radiol.2473061909Radiological Society of North America32476312008-06-01617Review<![CDATA[[Review] MR Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Cirrhotic Liver: Challenges and Controversies]]>
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/short/247/2/311?rss=1
The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is expected to increase in the next 2 decades, largely due to hepatitis C infection and secondary cirrhosis. HCC is being detected at an earlier stage owing to the implementation of screening programs. Biopsy is no longer required prior to treatment, and diagnosis of HCC is heavily dependent on imaging characteristics. The most recent recommendations by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) state that a diagnosis of HCC can be made if a mass larger than 2 cm shows typical features of HCC (hypervascularity in the arterial phase and washout in the venous phase) at contrast material–enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging or if a mass measuring 1–2 cm shows these features at both modalities. There is an ever-increasing demand on radiologists to detect smaller tumors, when curative therapies are most effective. However, the major difficulty in imaging cirrhosis is the characterization of hypervascular nodules smaller than 2 cm, which often have nonspecific imaging characteristics. The authors present a review of the MR imaging and pathologic features of regenerative nodules and dysplastic nodules and focus on HCC in the cirrhotic liver, with particular reference to small tumors and lesions that may mimic HCC. The authors also review the sensitivity of MR imaging for the detection of these tumors and discuss the staging of HCC and the treatment options in the context of the guidelines of the AASLD and the imaging criteria required by the United Network for Organ Sharing for transplantation. MR findings following ablation and chemoembolization are also reviewed.