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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Clinical indications for the use of cardiac MRI. By the SIRM Study Group on Cardiac Imaging

Riccardo FalettiJan BogaertVincenzo RussoLuigi LovatoIacopo CarboneAlessandro CarrieroR. De RosaA. De RoosMarco FranconeRossella FattoriMassimo MidiriRiccardo MaranoAndrea RomagnoliP. Di RenziLuigi NataleMaurizio CentonzeFilippo CademartiriFrancesco SardanelliLudovico La GruttaF. De CobelliAndrea GiovagnoniAntonio EspositoE. Di CesareGuido Ligabue

subject

Diagnostic informationmedicine.medical_specialtyContrast MediamedicineHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingHeart; Mgnetic resonanceCardiac disordersCardiac imagingNeuroradiologymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryHeartMagnetic resonance imagingInterventional radiologyGeneral MedicineMagnetic Resonance ImagingItalyMagnetic resonanceCardiovascular Diseasescardiovascular systemRadiologyheart; magnetic resonanceSettore MED/36 - Diagnostica Per Immagini E RadioterapiabusinessNuclear medicineCardiac magnetic resonanceMgnetic resonance

description

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is considered an useful method in the evaluation of many cardiac disorders. Based on our experience and available literature, we wrote a document as a guiding tool in the clinical use of CMR. Synthetically we describe different cardiac disorders and express for each one a classification, I to IV, depending on the significance of diagnostic information expected.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-012-0899-2