INCREMENTAL VALUE OF EXTRACELLULAR VOLUME ASSESSMENT BY CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN RISK STRATIFYING PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED MYOCARDITIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (11) ◽  
pp. A1472
Author(s):  
Christoph Gräni ◽  
Loïc Bière ◽  
Christian Eichhorn ◽  
Kyoichi Kaneko ◽  
Vikram Agarwal ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-234
Author(s):  
Yuchi Han ◽  
Yucheng Chen ◽  
Victor A. Ferrari

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is a comprehensive and versatile diagnostic and prognostic imaging modality that plays an increasingly important role in management of patients with cardiovascular disease. In this review, we discuss CMR applications in nonischemic cardiomyopathy, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, right ventricular diseases, and valvular heart disease. We emphasize the quantitative nature of CMR in current practice, from volumes, function, myocardial strain analysis, and late gadolinium enhancement to parametric mapping, including T1, T2, and T2* relaxation times and extracellular volume fraction assessment.


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