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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
[Cardiac MRI in the evaluation of ischemic cardiopathy]
1Service de cardiologie, BH 16.618 CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. xlyon@hospvd.ch
Abstract:
It is now currently possible with MRI to study global and regional cardiac function using dynamic sequences, to follow up myocardial perfusion, or to directly visualize myocardial infarctions. This article details the use of these new techniques in the diagnosis of ischemic cardiopathy. At least three applications are ready to be used in clinical practice: determination of viability by MRI, ischemia detection by associating pharmacologic stress and finally evaluation of an ischemic cardiopathy as the possible cause of cardiac dysfunction. Future developments in the next few years could be the use of MRI for differential diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency department as well as non invasive coronary angiography.
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An X-ray, or radiograph, is a non-invasive method that uses ionizing radiation to take images of internal structures. It is mainly used in cardiac imaging to examine the heart, lungs, and major blood vessels, aiming to identify abnormalities in the heart's size, shape, and position, such as heart failure, congenital defects, and vascular...

