title: Cardiovascular MRI for the assessment of heart failure: focus on clinical management and prognosis.
abstract: Cardiovascular MR (CMR) has an emerging role in the noninvasive diagnostic assessment of heart failure (HF). Different imaging sequences allow for a detailed assessment of cardiac morphology, function, myocardial perfusion, tissue characterization, and blood flow measurement. This article reviews the key applications of CMR in HF, with special focus on how CMR may influence the diagnostic and therapeutic approach of HF patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0628, USA. muzzarellis@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muzzarelli
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ordovas
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*