Integrated approach to ischemic heart disease. The one-stop shop.
Magnetic resonance imaging is unique in its variety of applications for imaging the cardiovascular system. A thorough assessment of myocardial structure, function, and perfusion; assessment of coronary artery anatomy and flow; and spectroscopic evaluation of cardiac energetics can be readily performed by magnetic resonance imaging. One key to the advancement of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as a clinical tool in the evaluation, the so called one stop shop. Improvements in magnetic resonance hardware, software, and imaging speed now permit this integrated examination. Cardiac magnetic resonance is a powerful technique with the potential to replace or complement other commonly used techniques in the diagnostic armamentarium of physicians caring for patients with ischemic heart disease.
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Department of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*