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Morphology

Cardiac morphology, including cardiac masses, can readily be evaluated with Cardiac MR (magnetic resonance). To evaluate for structure and masses, we use a dark blood T2 HASTE or T1 turbo SE sequence with a double inversion pulse technique. In these sequences, all moving blood will be black.

!(rimage)/images/ci/morph1.jpg(Axial HASTE image clearly depicts cardiac morphology.)! These techniques are frequently used in the assessment for arrythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. They also allow for detailed characterization of anatomic anomalies associated with congenital heart disease.