Chest pain MRI
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Zand, M.D.[2] Aisha Adigun, B.Sc., M.D.[3]
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
- Evidence of microvascular obstruction in CAD[1]
References
- ↑ Gulati M, Levy PD, Mukherjee D, Amsterdam E, Bhatt DL, Birtcher KK, Blankstein R, Boyd J, Bullock-Palmer RP, Conejo T, Diercks DB, Gentile F, Greenwood JP, Hess EP, Hollenberg SM, Jaber WA, Jneid H, Joglar JA, Morrow DA, O’Connor RE, Ross MA, Shaw LJ (November 2021). “2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR Guideline for the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Chest Pain: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines”. Circulation. 144 (22): e368–e454. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000001029. PMID 34709879 Check
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