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Abstract
In a subgroup of patients with acute heart failure coronary artery disease can be excluded. To explain symptoms and optimize therapy cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging can contribute to elucidate the underlying pathology in non-ischemic heart disease. A diagnostic algorithm for the work-up of these patients using CMR is suggested. The review discusses various modules of a dedicated CMR protocol. It explains diagnostic markers and challenges of CMR imaging in non-ischemic heart disease. Based on these suggestions the literature in the field is reviewed.Entities:
Keywords: Coronary artery disease (CAD); cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR); diagnostic algorithm; imaging
Year: 2012 PMID: 24282706 PMCID: PMC3839139 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.04.04
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cardiovasc Diagn Ther ISSN: 2223-3652