Contemporary Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Management of Patients with Suspected or Known Coronary Artery Disease
George Bazoukis,
Stamatis S. Papadatos,
Archontoula Michelongona,
Konstantinos Lampropoulos,
Dimitrios Farmakis,
Vassilis Vassiliou
Affiliations
George Bazoukis
Department of Cardiology, Larnaca General Hospital, 6051 Larnaca, Cyprus
Stamatis S. Papadatos
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece
Archontoula Michelongona
Cardiology Department, “Tzaneio” General Hospital of Piraeus, 185 36 Piraeus, Greece
Konstantinos Lampropoulos
Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Athens “Evangelismos”, 106 76 Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Farmakis
Shakolas Educational Center for Clinical Medicine, University of Cyprus Medical School, Palaios Dromos Lefkosias Lemesou No.215/6, Aglantzia, 2029 Nicosia, Cyprus
Vassilis Vassiliou
Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is a useful non-invasive radiation-free imaging modality for the management of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). CMR cine imaging provides the “gold standard” assessment of ventricular function, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) provides useful data for the diagnosis and extent of myocardial scar and viability, while stress imaging is an established technique for the detection of myocardial perfusion defects indicating ischemia. Beyond its role in the diagnosis of CAD, CMR allows accurate risk stratification of patients with established CAD. This review aims to summarize the data regarding the role of CMR in the contemporary management of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease.
