title: Pharmacological stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
abstract: Over the past decade, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has evolved into a cardiac stress testing modality that can be used to diagnose myocardial ischemia using intravenous dobutamine or vasodilator perfusion agents such as adenosine or dipyridamole. Because CMR produces high-resolution tomographic images of the human heart in multiple imaging planes, it has become a highly attractive noninvasive testing modality for those suspected of having myocardial ischemia. The purpose of this article is to review the clinical, diagnostic, and prognostic utility of stress CMR testing for patients with (or suspected of having) coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1045, USA.
authors.forename: Runyawan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chotenimitkhun
authors.forename: W Gregory
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Hundley
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004280:Dobutamine; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012737:Sex Factors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004280:Dobutamine