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The 2017 Seventh World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery: week in review: imaging*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2017

Elif S. Selamet Tierney*
Affiliation:
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
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Correspondence to: E. S. Selamet Tierney, Stanford University, Pediatric heart center, site 325, Palo Alto, California 94306, United States of America. Tel: 650 736 8716; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

The Imaging Program at the 7th World Congress highlighted the versatility and diagnostic power of the current and upcoming imaging tools in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Several experts presented interesting as well as practical data on the use of 2D and 3D Echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in the fetus, child, and adult with congenital heart disease. Bridging sessions coupled use of these imaging modalities and screening practices in patients with acquired heart disease. Hot topics included nomenclature of ventricular septal defects, the challenging diagnosis of double outlet right ventricle, cardiac tumors, and imaging of aortapathies. Several talks concentrated on the quantitative assessment of ventricular function and reviewed numerous exciting new modalities that currently serve as research tools. In summary, Imaging Sessions truly represented how far we have advanced the field of Imaging in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery.

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Original Articles
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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Footnotes

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Presented at the 2017 Seventh World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery (WCPCCS 2017), Barcelona, Spain, 16–21 July, 2017. Presented Friday, 21 July, 2017.

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