Matthias Gutberlet (editor) - Diagnostic Imaging of Congenital Heart Defects: Diagnosis and Image-Guided Treatment

Interdisciplinary cooperation is a valuable commodity in medicine. Regular interdisciplinary exchanges must take place, especially within subspecialties with continual advancements. No single person can convey the entirety of knowledge within a specialtymuch less a medical specialty or subspecialty.

This is especially true for relatively rare illnesses such as congenital heart defects. For this reason, we strove to assemble an interdisciplinary team of authors for each of the individual chapters and subchapters in this book. Various experts from the disciplines of anatomy, cardiac and pediatric cardiac surgery, cardiology and pediatric cardiology, as well as physics, radiology and even electrophysiology from the United States, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic were involved in this books creation. I would like to extend my profound and sincere thanks to all of them for their tireless effort, advice, and, above all, for their dedication.

None of this would have been possible without the support of Thieme Publishers, under the direction of Stephan Konnry and his coworkers. The editors and authors also extend special thanks to Mrs. Apoorvathe books project managerfor her patience even when the deadlines for completion were delayed significantly. A special thank you to Thiemes graphic design department, who went to great lengths to implement and visualize the authors most complex requests.

Interdisciplinary concepts, as I have become familiar with them during cooperation in clinical settings and in scientific projects within the congenital heart defects competence network, contributed enormously to this book. To this end, I would personally like to extend heartfelt thanks to Peter Lange, MD, PhD, founder of the competence network and my clinical teacher. Furthermore, I would like to thank the Competence Network of Congenital Heart Defects and its Managing Director, Dr. Ulrike Bauer, for their continuous support.

The editors and authors would also like to thank all the coworkers of the hospitals and institutions, especially the hospitals belonging to the Leipzig Heart Center, who could not be listed explicitly here, primarily for making these excellent images available to us.

I hope that you will find this read enjoyable and informative.

Eberhard Kuenzel and Wolfgang Schmidt

Martin Kostelka, Farhad Bakhtiary, and Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr

Axel Rentzsch and Hashim Abdul-Khaliq

Hasim Abdul-Khaliq and Matthias Gutberlet

Willi A. Kalender

Matthias Gutberlet

Ingo Dhnert

Arno Bcker and Titus Khne

Philipp Beerbaum, Joachim Lotz, and Michael Steinmetz

Philipp Beerbaum, Joachim Lotz, and Michael Steinmetz

Florentine Grfe, Ingo Dhnert, and Philipp Lurz

Philipp Beerbaum, Joachim Lotz, and Michael Steinmetz

Florentine Grfe, Ingo Dhnert, and Philip Lurz

Samir Sarikouch, Matthias Grothoff, and Erich Sorantin

Samir Sarikouch, Matthias Grothoff, and Erich Sorantin

Samir Sarikouch, Matthias Grothoff, and Erich Sorantin

Samir Sarikouch, Matthias Grothoff, and Erich Sorantin

Nicole Nagdyman and Matthias Gutberlet

Joachim Lotz, Joachim Eichhorn, and Michael Steinmetz

Joachim Lotz, Joachim Eichhorn, and Michael Steinmetz

Joachim Lotz, Joachim Eichhorn, and Michael Steinmetz

Matthias Gutberlet and Christian Kellenberger

Matthias Gutberlet and Christian Kellenberger

Ingo Dhnert, Philipp Lurz, and Florentine Grfe

Hashim Abdul-Khaliq

Joachim Lotz, Philip Beerbaum, and Michael Steinmetz

Joachim Lotz, Philip Beerbaum, and Michael Steinmetz

Joachim Lotz, Philip Beerbaum, and Michael Steinmetz

Gerald Greil, Lukas Lehmkuhl, and Heiner Latus

Marcus Makowski, Gerald Greil, and Lukas Lehmkuhl

Gerald Greil, Lukas Lehmkuhl, and Heiner Latus

Achim A. Schmaltz, Jens Bremerich, and Matthias Gutberlet

Achim A. Schmaltz, Jens Bremerich, and Matthias Gutberlet

Markus Makowski and Gerald F. Greil

Heiner Latus and Gerald Greil

Heiner Latus and Gerald Greil

Jan Janouek and Philipp Lurz

Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Petra Bttler, and Samir Sarikouch

Matthias Gutberlet, MD, PhD, EBCR

Professor of Cardiac Imaging

Chair, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Heart Center Leipzig

University Leipzig

Leipzig, Germany

Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, MD

University Professor

Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology

Saarland University Hospital

Homburg, Germany

Farhad Bakhtiary, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Cardiac Imaging

Leipzig Heart Center

University Hospital Leipzig

Leipzig, Germany

Philipp Beerbaum, MD

University Professor

Department of Pediatric Cardiology

Intensive Care Clinic

Hannover Medical School

Hannover, Germany

Petra Bttler, MD

Pediatric Practice

Freiburg, Germany

Jens Bremerich, MD, EBCR

Associate Professor

Department of Medical Radiology

University Hospital of Basel

Basel, Switzerland

Arno Bcker, MD, MSc

University Professor

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Clinic

Saarland University Hospital

Homburg, Germany

Ingo Dhnert, MD

University Professor

Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology

Leipzig Heart Center

University Hospital Leipzig

Leipzig, Germany

Joachim G. Eichhorn, MD

Associate Professor

Clinic of Pediatric and Adolescent

Leverkusen Hospital

Leverkusen, Germany

Florentine Grfe, MD

Senior Physician

Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology

Leipzig Heart Center

University Hospital Leipzig

Leipzig, Germany

Gerald F. Greil, MD, PhD

University Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Childrens Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Texas, USA

Matthias Grothoff, MD, EBCR

Associate Professor

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

University Hospital Leipzig

Leipzig Heart Center

Leipzig, Germany

Jan Janouek, MD, PhD

Chief

Childrens Heart Centre

2nd Faculty of Medicine

Charles University

Motol University Hospital

Prague, Czech Republic

Willi A. Kalender, MD

University Professor

Institute of Medical Physics

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen, Germany

Christian Kellenberger, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Pediatric Radiology

Children's Hospital Zurich - Eleonore Foundation

Zrich, Switzerland

Martin Kostelka, MD

University Professor

Clinic of Cardiac Surgery

Leipzig Heart Center

University Hospital Leipzig

Leipzig, Germany

Titus Khne, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Congenital Heart Disease

German Heart Institute Berlin

Pediatric Cardiology

Berlin, Germany

Eberhard Knzel, MD