title: MR imaging assessment of cardiac function.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is an accurate and reproducible technique for assessment of ventricular function. Although echocardiography is the mainstay for evaluation of cardiac function, dobutamine stress MR imaging has been shown to be as safe as echocardiography for patients with coronary artery disease and more accurate in patients with suboptimal echocardiographic image quality. This article reviews MR imaging techniques, methods of pharmacologic stress, and clinical applications for assessment of cardiac function, primarily left ventricular function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0628, USA.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pujadas
authors.forename: Gautham P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Jennifer J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D004280:Dobutamine; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004280:Dobutamine