MR and CT assessment for ischemic cardiac disease.
Magnetic resonance imaging and/or contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography may be used separately or, often more effectively, in an integrated fashion, to address important issues in patients with coronary artery disease causing ischemic cardiac disease (ICD). These issues include complications of myocardial infarction, such as ventricular dysfunction, myocardial wall rupture, aneurysm formation, intracavitary thrombus, mitral insufficiency, and pericarditis, as well as aspects of planning and monitoring therapy for ICD, such as revascularization and ventricular aneurysm repair.
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Center for Integrated Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. whiter@ccisdl.ccf.org
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed