Authors

• Vesna Pehar-Pejčinović — Opatija, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0002-8921-7999
• Viktor Peršić — Opatija, Croatia — ORCID: 0000-0003-4473-5431

Abstract

The most frequent indications for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) are inflammatory and ischemic heart diseases and cardiomyopathies. (1) It is also very useful in imaging of congenital heart disease. CMR provides detailed information about cardiovascular anatomy and function and particularly in characterization of the myocardial tissue including the detection of edema and fibrosis. MRI is also used in evaluation of coronary disease and myocardial perfusion. Because of mentioned fourteen of the 26 ESC guidelines (53.8%) contain specific recommendations regarding the use of CMR.

Keywords

cardiovascular magnetic resonance, guidelines

DOI

Literature

1. von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff F, Schulz-Menger J. Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2016 Jan 22;18:6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-016-0225-6