Philips Supports New Document on the Use of MRI After a Heart Attack

The Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has coordinated the first international consensus document providing guidelines on the conduct of MRI  studies after a heart attack in clinical trials or experimental models. The document, published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, concludes that the main outcome parameter in studies assessing new treatments should be absolute infarct size: the percentage of the left ventricle that is irreversibly damaged. The recommended timing for MRI is between three and seven days after the heart attack. The document addresses the need within the cardiovascular community for guidance on the best protocols, the best techniques, and the most appropriate situations for conducting a MRI study after a heart attack. MRI is one of the best methods for studying the heart after an infarction, said Valentín Fuster, MD, director of the cardiovascular institute and medical director at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He said MRI allows the study of the heart anatomy, function, and tissue composition in a very precise way without exposing the patient to radiation, and MRI is the ideal method for assessing the effects of new treatments. "However, until now the community has lacked consistent recommendations on the specific procedures to follow after an acute myocardial infarction in order the assess the effect of these treatments," said Fuster, one o...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news