MR of the heart
The main indications for cardiac MR are:
- Evaluation of patients with suspected or confirmed heart failure. Cardiac MR is the gold standard for assessment of both left and right ventricular function and mass
- Assessment of myocardial viability
- Assessment of myocardial perfusion at rest and stress
- Assessment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
- Asessement of valve disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Cardiac and peri cardiac masses
- Pericardial diseases
- Diseases of the thoracic aorta