PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sola, Srikanth
AU  - White, Richard D.
AU  - Desai, Milind
TI  - MRI of the heart: Promises fulfilled?
DP  - 2006 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 663--670
VI  - 73
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/7/663.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/7/663.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2006 Jul 01; 73
AB  - Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has established itself as an important noninvasive method of evaluating a wide array of cardiovascular diseases. Despite these successes, questions remain about whether cardiac MRI is the best way to evaluate patients with complex cardiac conditions in whom more traditional diagnostic techniques have been inconclusive. We review the most important current applications of MRI in heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and myocardial disease.