RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MRI of the heart: Promises fulfilled?
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 663
OP 670
VO 73
IS 7
A1 Sola, Srikanth
A1 White, Richard D.
A1 Desai, Milind
YR 2006
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/73/7/663.abstract
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.