Authors
David M Biko, Aaron G DeWitt, Erin M Pinto, Rodney E Morrison, Jordan A Johnstone, Heather Griffis, Michael L O’Byrne, Mark A Fogel, Matthew A Harris, Sara L Partington, Kevin K Whitehead, David Saul, David J Goldberg, Jack Rychik, Andrew C Glatz, Matthew J Gillespie, Jonathan J Rome, Yoav Dori
Publication date
2019/6
Journal
Radiology
Volume
291
Issue
3
Pages
774-780
Publisher
Radiological Society of North America
Description
Background
The Fontan operation is performed for surgical palliation of single ventricle physiology. This operation is usually preceded by a superior cavopulmonary connection (SCPC); lymphatic abnormalities after SCPC may be demonstrated at MRI and prior to the Fontan operation.
Purpose
To determine if the degree of neck and thoracic lymphatic abnormalities at T2-weighted MRI in patients after superior cavopulmonary connection (SCPC) correlated with surgical outcomes from the Fontan procedure.
Materials and Methods
Patients for whom SCPC was performed for palliation of single ventricle disease who underwent chest MRI between July 2012 and May 2015 at a single institution were retrospectively reviewed. T2-weighted images were scored as lymphatic type 1 (little or no T2 mediastinal and supraclavicular signal) to type 4 (T2 signal into both the mediastinum and the lung parenchyma). Fontan …
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