Assessment of myocardial ischemia and viability using cardiac magnetic resonance |
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Authors: | Nuno Bettencourt Amedeo Chiribiri Andreas Schuster Eike Nagel |
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Institution: | 1. Division of Imaging Sciences, King’s College London British Heart Foundation Centre, National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and Saint Thomas’ National Health Service Foundation Trust, The Rayne Institute, 4th Floor Lambeth Wing, Saint Thomas’ Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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Abstract: | In the past decade, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has evolved dramatically. Its clinical applications are now a major tool
in the diagnosis and prognostic assessment of patients with ischemic heart disease. CMR can be used for detection and quantification
of ischemia and for viability assessment using different techniques that are now well validated. Scar can be easily detected
using contrast enhancement (late gadolinium enhancement). Ischemia detection is usually achieved with stress CMR techniques,
whereas prediction for the recovery of function (detection of dysfunctional but viable myocardial segments) can be deduced
from scar and stress imaging. Although determination of which approach is better may depend on the population group, the major
advantage of CMR is the ability to integrate different information about anatomy, wall motion, myocardial perfusion, and tissue
characterization in a single comprehensive examination. |
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