With the advent of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), intra-operative imaging has become
crucial for surgery and therapy guidance, allowing to partially compensate for the lack of …

Hintergrund Die MRT ist aufgrund des hohen intrinsischen Weichteilkontrasts, der
Möglichkeit der multiplanaren Bildaquisition und der Messung physiologischer Parameter …

Purpose MR‐guided cardiac catheterization procedures currently use passive tracking
approaches to follow a gadolinium‐filled catheter balloon during catheter navigation. This …

This paper presents a novel MR-compatible 3-DOF cardiac catheter steering mechanism.
The catheter's steerable structure is tendon driven and consists of miniature deflectable …

Background Improvements in outcomes for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD)
have increased the need for diagnostic and interventional procedures. Cumulative radiation …

Aims Exercise limitation is common post-Fontan. Hybrid X-ray and magnetic resonance
imaging (XMR) catheterization allows haemodynamic assessment by means of …

Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization is routinely used in the diagnosis and
treatment of congenital heart disease. There are well-established concerns regarding the …

Background Cardiac catheterization is a common procedure in patients with congenital
heart disease (CHD). Although cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) …

Background Children with a single systemic right ventricle, such as in hypoplastic left heart
syndrome (HLHS), frequently experience reduced exercise capacity. Elucidating the causes …

Due to advances in cardiac surgery, survival of patients with congenital heart disease has
increased considerably during the past decades. Many of these patients require repeated …