Cardio-pulmo-vascular radiology team

Fig.1: 3D-VRT reconstruction of the heart. The right and left coronary arteries are visible, both originating from the aorta.

Cardio-pulmo-vascular radiology deals with the thoracic organs (heart, lungs) and adjacent structures such as the aorta and pulmonary arteries.

Contact persons: Prof. Dr. D. Hartung, Prof. Dr. J. Vogel-Claussen

Procedure: We use the following procedures to examine pathological changes in the thoracic organs, such as inflammations and tumors of the lungs, circulatory disorders, inflammations or other diseases of the heart muscle, diseases of the heart valves, congenital heart defects, dilatations, constrictions or injuries of the aorta and its outgoing vessels or occlusions of pulmonary arteries:

 


Fig. 2: Late enhancement image after intravenous administration of contrast medium, shown in a single short-axis slice of the heart using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The area of the heart wall marked with the arrow, which appears bright, corresponds to a scar after a heart attack in the area of the anterior wall of the left ventricle. The other wall sections of the left ventricle, shown in dark, show no scars.