[Experience with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patient management at the Markusovszky Hospital, Vas County, Hungary].

Introduction: At the Markusovszky Hospital, Vas County, Hungary, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has been routinely used since July, 2009. In the majority of cases this method has been applied for the assessment of myocardial viability in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease and, in a smaller number of cases, for the evaluation of patients with myocarditis, cardiomyopathy and syncope with uncertain etiology in young athletes.

Aims: The aim of the study was to analyze the clinical value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in assessing the viability of affected myocardial regions due to chronic occlusion of major coronary arteries.

[Application of lamotrigine in bipolar disorder--3T MR spectroscopy follow up (part 1)].

MR spectroscopy (MRS) is a widely used and useful additional tool in the diagnostic process of several neuropsychiatric disorders. Despite several MRS studies in bipolar spectrum research, establishing a clean image about special metabolite alterations in the disorder still needs further investigation. The first part of this case study presents a bipolar II patient and her first 3T MR spectroscopy in drug-naive conditions, comparing to a healthy subject.

[The importance of multidetector computed tomography in the vascular imaging].

Unlabelled: The introduction of multidetector CT and special post processing software has made an excellent image quality of vascular structures possible.

Aim And Methods: The authors present the method and technique of CT angiography, added their own experience acquired on 700 patients in the last 3 years. Beside other vascular imaging methods the importance of CT angiography and its usefulness is demonstrated.

[The role of computed tomography perfusion in the diagnosis of brain ischaemic stroke].

Unlabelled: In recent years, the broad introduction of fast multidetector computed tomography (CT) systems and the availability of commercial software for perfusion analysis have made cerebral perfusion imaging with CT a practical technique for the clinical environment.

Aim And Methods: This article reviews the use of CT for imaging cerebral perfusion, highlighting its advantages, disadvantages and limitations, and draws comparisons between perfusion CT and magnetic resonance imaging. The authors performed 96 perfusion CT examinations in the last one and a half years.