Renal Arteries
• Contrast-enhanced renal MRA is an accurate, noninvasive technique for detecting renal artery stenosis. • Phase contrast MRA techniques can be used to assess the hemodynamic significance of a stenosis….
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Diseases of the Aorta
• Be familiar with the anatomy of the normal aorta and branch vessels • Appreciate that the comprehensive evaluation of the aorta includes examination of the heart for other comorbid…
Delayed-Enhancement Magnetic Resonance
• Delayed-enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (DE-CMR) can identify reversible myocardial dysfunction before coronary revascularization, predict improvement in contractile function in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction, and predict response to…
Peripheral Magnetic Resonance Angiography
• Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is prevalent, particularly in the elderly. • X-ray angiography has definite risks and limitations, including exposure to radiation and administration of iodinated contrast. • Magnetic…
Pericardial Disease
• Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is ideally suited for imaging the pericardium because of its large field of view and ability to differentiate soft tissue based on fat and water…
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• CMR employs multiple techniques in HCM patients to assess LV/RV cardiac function, hypertrophy, morphology, flow, velocities, perfusion, and fibrosis. • Clinical application includes detecting early phenotype expression, characterizing established…
Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocardial Infarction
• Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the current golden standard for accurate assessment of ventricular volumes and global and regional function, thus providing information on prognosis. • Extracellular accumulation of…
Iron Cardiomyopathy
• Iron cardiomyopathy remains the leading cause of death in transfusional siderosis. • Heart and endocrine gland iron overload occurs from chronic exposure to nontransferrin bound iron. • Different organs…
Simple Congenital Heart Disease
• The distinction between “simple” and “complex” congenital heart disease is not well defined. In this chapter, simple congenital heart disease describes uncomplicated anatomic defects or shunt lesions that are…
Myocarditis
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can be used to assess myocardial inflammation. • A single CMR study provides comprehensive information on ventricular size, morphology, function, pericardial involvement, and inflammatory activity….
