title: [MRI of the heart: morphological and functional aspects].
abstract: The performances of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging have been recently improved by the possibility of obtaining functional information by means of gradient echo sequences. Cavity volumetry and wall thickness and mass measurements are now possible. Ultrarapid sequences are useful for the analysis of myocardial perfusion and methods for measuring blood flow and temporal labelling of the ventricular wall open up new prospects for functional evaluation of the heart. In clinical practice, MRI can be useful for the exploration of cardiac parietal and intracavitary masses, constrictive pericarditis, hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathy and cardiac malformations. Assessment of valvular and coronary heart disease is based on new techniques and is currently under evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Pessac.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Latrabe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lecesne
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drouillard
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Barat
mesh_terms: D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: IRM du coeur: aspects morphologiques et fonctionnels.