Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Cardiac Interventions.
Performing intraoperative cardiovascular procedures inside an MR imaging scanner can potentially provide substantial advantage in clinical outcomes by reducing the risk and increasing the success rate relative to the way such procedures are performed today, in which the primary surgical guidance is provided by X-ray fluoroscopy, by electromagnetically tracked intraoperative devices, and by ultrasound. Both noninvasive and invasive cardiologists are becoming increasingly familiar with the capabilities of MR imaging for providing anatomic and physiologic information that is unequaled by other modalities. As a result, researchers began performing animal (preclinical) interventions in the cardiovascular system in the early 1990s.
Radiology Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Room BRB 34C, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: ESCHMIDT3@PARTNERS.ORG.
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D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional / Q000379:methods*
Acute ischemia; Cardiac; Electrophysiology; Interventions; MR imaging; Outcomes; Therapy