| Abbreviations:
AoV = Aortic valve (closed in diastole the leaflets appear like a peace sign)
Dao = descending aorta
CW = chest wall
RA = right atrium
RV = right ventricle
LA = left atrium
V = vertebral body
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| Research pulse sequences can now provide highly detailed views of the heart and blood vessel walls. At left is a short axis view through the aortic valve in a normal subject. This kind of image quality rivals that attainable by transesophageal echocardiograpy. Aortic valve leaflets are so thin that the appear translucent and thus used to be difficult to detect by MRI. |
