title: Cardiac MRI as a diagnostic tool in pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by alterations in the viscoelastic properties of the pulmonary arteries, leading to increased pulmonary arterial stiffness and elevated pressures. Early detection and accurate quantification of pulmonary hypertension are limitations to conventional noninvasive imaging and may have therapeutic implications. Cardiac MRI provides important information that can aid the clinician, particularly relating to morphologic right ventricular alterations and quantification of stiffness, as well as providing a novel prognostic framework.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA.
authors.forename: Khadija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alassas
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mergo
authors.forename: El-Sayed
authors.initials: el-S
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Safford
authors.forename: Pragnesh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology