Current indications for cardiac MR imaging
Crochet, D.; Helft, G.; Chassaing, S.; Revel, D.; Furber, A.
Journal de Radiologie 90(9 Pt 2): 1144-1160
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0221-0363 PMID: 19752825 Document Number: 630832
MRI has acquired over the years a role in the evaluation of cardiovascular pathology especially with regards to its ability to assess right and left ventricular function and delayed postcontrast "viability" sequences. Current class I clinical indications include: viability for patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and acute coronary syndrome, etiology and prognostic evaluation of non-ischemic cardiomyopathies including myocarditis and arrhytmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, chronic pericarditis and cardiac masses, non-urgent aortic aneurysm and dissection, congenital cardiopathies: vascular malformations and follow-up after curative or palliative surgery. MRI provides a complete non operator dependent evaluation, and is particularly useful for follow-up since it may be repeated due to its absence of ionizing radiation