Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 246-258 , July 2008

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease

  • Alison Knauth Meadows, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    • ,
  • Karen Ordovas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    • ,
  • Charles B. Higgins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    • ,
  • Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gautham P. Reddy, MD, MPH, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Suite M396, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.

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doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2008.02.009

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 246-258 , July 2008

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