I’m Aware That I’m Rare: Uyen Truong, MD

The phaware® interview

In this episode, Dr. Uyen Truong discusses how MRI has the potential of providing as much if not more information about the cardiovascular system as cardiac catheterization, and this may shift the paradigm of pediatric PH care towards a safer, noninvasive monitoring modality and significantly improve quality of life in children with PH.

My name is Uyen Truong. I’m an associate professor at the University of Colorado. We are affiliated with the Children’s Hospital of Colorado. I’m in the division of pediatric cardiology, and my specialty is non-invasive imaging in cardiovascular medicine, so echocardiography and MRI.

Because we are located where we are at altitude, we are a huge referral center for pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Children come from all over the country to come and be cared for at our center. A lot of our research is based on this particular population, and so my research of interest is trying to understand how far non-invasive imaging can go in terms of diagnosing, screening and managing children with pulmonary…