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 determin global and regional left and right ventricular function, localized myocardial ischemia and infarction, and detection of myocardial viability. Myocardial edema and microvascular obstruction can be determined by CMR to differentiate acute versus chronic MI, as well as other causes of acute chest pain, including myocarditis.
MRI
- Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging 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