My MRI Scan (Pictures, Diagnosis and Results)

Getting a ittle personal with good old robb! lol

come one come all,see my insides in glorious monochrome!

*I Was Bord With Heart Disease...lol my other ailments came later!*
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FINDINGS
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Normal systemic venous return.
The pulmonary veins appear to enter the left atrium normally. No evidence of pulmonary venous obstruction.
Mildly dilated right atrium.
There is moderate-severe pulmonary valve regurgitation (RF 37%). The RV outflow tract is severely dilated, with aneurysmal expansion of the thinned anterior wall. There is no focal area of stenosis of the RVOT.
The right pulmonary artery stent protrudes into the pulmonary trunk. The stent appears patent and measures 7mm internal diameter, by 2D black blood imaging. The distal RPA is mildly expansile and is of good calibre.
The left pulmonary artery origin courses caudally and then posteriorly, but is not stenosed. The combined branch pulmonary flows do not sum match our measured MPA net flow, however, the proportional net forward flow into the branch PA's is approximately RPA:LPA = 40%:60%.
The RV is moderately dilated and mildly hypertrophied. The ventricular septum is flattened throughout the cardiac cycle but most prominently in diastole. The RV systolic function is at the lower range of normal (EF 56%). This may partly be attributed to the aneurysmal motion of the anterior RV wall. There is no significant tricuspid valve regurgitation.
The LV volumes are normal. The LV systolic function is normal (EF 62%). There is no LVOT obstruction. The aortic root is mildly dilated and appears rotated such that the right coronary artery arises from the leftward anterior facing sinus, and the left coronary artery arises from the posterior facing sinus. The aortic valve is trileaflet and functions normally.
The aortic arch is right-sided with a mirror image branching pattern of the head and neck vessels.

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CONCLUSION
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Moderate pulmonary valve regurgitation (RF 37%). No pulmonary stenosis.
Moderately dilated RV, with global indices of systolic function at the lower range of normal.
Patent RPA stent, with 40% of forward flow to the right lung.
The morphology of the RV outflow tract does not appear suitable for a percutaneous approach to pulmonary valve replacement at the present time.
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Bypass surgery in early 2008!
...6 weeks off work,cant complain!

more in TAPVD here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_anomalous_pulmonary_venous_connection

Bypass surgery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_%28surgical%29

Stent(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stent

CORONARY ANATOMY:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_artery

VALVE REPLACEMENT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_replacement

VALVE(S)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_valve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitral_valve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricuspid_valve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_valve

HEART:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/3DScience_Human_Heart.jpg (Nice Diagram)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Humhrt2.jpg (Actual Human Heart - Male)
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ALL IMAGES FREE USE - MY OWN MRI SCAN PICTURES...USED WITH MY PERMISSION! LOL
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*REPRODUCTION UNAUTHORISED WITHOUT CONSENT*
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[flamenco4208]

hey how're you h,

by the way what piano music is it in the vid?

my cousin's little girl also has a heart defect, is going into hosp in about oct

ekta

[MrBluebike2008]

The dye that they use looks like saline.

[britishsazzy]

Aw!

[hartnell114]

evasive xrays? thats news to me,i know you can drink a radioactive liquid that shows up but theres nothing there that could harm you :)

[ektaavani]

well, y'know, i think there's safety in numbers, and there were 10,000 MRI units worldwide, and 75 million MRI scans per year performed, being non-invasive, unlike radioactive x-rays for example. So if that didn't produce a series of complaints & headlines of any long-term effects then it seems to be ok.

[hartnell114]

haha, theres nothing that goes into you... its a big tube and you lay down and go inside, you just have to lay there really,thats all there is to it =)

[ektaavani]

hi h.

ok. read round it a bit. found it's non-invasive thank goodness. i'm a thick idiot. sorry.

e

[hartnell114]

any thoughts,not really, other than just keep metal object away from it and,sometimes it can make you jump from he noise,not that it stopped me,i fell asleep in one once! haha,and urmmm that the solution that they inject into you to get a clearer picture,burns like hell and is optional,only i wasnt told it was the first time around =/

[ektaavani]

I am really sorry to ask you this but I just wondered if you've any thoughts about MRI that you think other people should know about.

Ekta

[hartnell114]

haha i was just playing with ya,i dont mind at all!

goodluck!