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Figure 1. MR images show all short-axis levels of the left and right ventricle from base (top) to apex (bottom). First image of each row corresponds in time with electrocardiograhic R wave. Enlarged image was selected for curvature measurement: Within uppermost row of images that do not show any RV outflow tract, it had the most severe LVSB. For reproduction purposes, only phases 1, 5, 9, 13, and 17 are shown. Full acquisition in this patient consisted of 119 images (seven sections x 17 phases). A movie of the section used for curvature analysis can be seen as a digital data supplement (Movie 1, radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/2343040151/DC1). Pulse sequence: steady-state free precession, flip angle of 48°, acquisition matrix of 153 x 256 pixels, field of view of 290 x 340 mm, section thickness of 5 mm, repetition time msec/echo time msec of 3/1.5.