title: [Cardiac MRI: technical considerations].
abstract: Establishing a clinical cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) program needs a dedicated technical surroundings as well as a specific and expert staff. These guidelines based either on proofs or on expert consensus are stated in order to help the physicians to reach or maintain the competence required for clinical use of cardiovascular MRI. After the general safety statements, the guidelines are focused on hardware and software requirements, the MRI sequences and views, the post-acquisition analysis, and the staff. Specific safety concerns are then approached, more particularly stress testing MRI.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie A, Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. olivier.vignaux@cch.aphp.fr
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vignaux
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Deux
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chabrillat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willoteaux
authors.forename: P-Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garot
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic