[Cardiac MRI in the evaluation of ischemic cardiopathy].
It is now currently possible with MRI to study global and regional cardiac function using dynamic sequences, to follow up myocardial perfusion, or to directly visualize myocardial infarctions. This article details the use of these new techniques in the diagnosis of ischemic cardiopathy. At least three applications are ready to be used in clinical practice: determination of viability by MRI, ischemia detection by associating pharmacologic stress and finally evaluation of an ischemic cardiopathy as the possible cause of cardiac dysfunction. Future developments in the next few years could be the use of MRI for differential diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency department as well as non invasive coronary angiography.
Lyon
Xavier
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Service de cardiologie, BH 16.618 CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. xlyon@hospvd.ch
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity