Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: what can it add clinically in 2004?
Although a number of applications of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging are receiving increasing attention, situations in which cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can provide clinically useful information that is not available via other imaging techniques are of particular interest. It is now appreciated that cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can provide consistently excellent assessments of ventricular function when other techniques are not optimum. This article addresses an additional recently developed capacity for direct, high-resolution imaging of infarcted myocardium.
Klocke
Francis J
FJ
Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue (T233), Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA. f-klocke@northwestern.edu
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D013318:Stroke Volume
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D003287:Contrast Media