Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Heart Failure

This review describes the current role and potential future applications of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) for the management of heart failure (HF). CMR allows noninvasive morphologic and functional assessment, tissue characterization, blood flow, and perfusion evaluation. CMR overcomes echocardiography limitations (geometric assumptions, interobserver variability and poor acoustic window) and provides incremental information in relation to cause, prognosis, and treatment monitoring of patients with HF.

Source: Heart Failure Clinics - February 2, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Carla Contaldi, Santo Dellegrottaglie, Ciro Mauro, Francesco Ferrara, Luigia Romano, Alberto Maria Marra, Brigida Ranieri, Andrea Salzano, Salvatore Rega, Alessandra Scatteia, Antonio Cittadini, Filippo Cademartiri, Eduardo Bossone Source Type: research