[Evaluation of the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging after correction of congenital heart disease in children--pilot experiment].

Magnetic resonance imaging is the next in a succession of noninvasive methods for evaluation of the heart and great vessels after total correction in congenital heart disease and percutaneous interventional cardiology procedures. Between October 1994 to March 1995 we performed 28 magnetic resonance investigations in children after surgical treatment of coarctation of the aorta and after Senning, Rastelli and Fontan procedures. Five children after correction of coarctation of the aorta were qualified for balloon angioplasty. After hemodynamic evaluation and aortography, balloon angioplasty was done in 3 children. In children after Senning, Rastelli and Fontan procedures no postoperative abnormalities were detected. Magnetic resonance imaging is a usefull, noninvasive method in long-term follow-up of patients after total correction in congenial heart disease.