Chest pain MRI
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aisha Adigun, B.Sc., M.D.[2]
Overview
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is helpful to accurately assess global and regional left and right ventricular function, detect and localize myocardial ischemia and infarction, and determine myocardial viability. CMR can also detect myocardial edema and microvascular obstruction, which can help differentiate acute versus chronic MI, as well as other causes of acute chest pain, including myocarditis.
MRI
- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is helpful to accurately assess the following:
- Global and regional left ventricular, and right ventricular function
- Localization of myocardial ischemia and infarction
- Determination of myocardial viability.
- myocardial edema in myocarditis
- microvascular obstruction