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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: clinical implications in the
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Mavrogeni S
; Markousis-Mavrogenis G
; Koutsogeorgopoulou L
; Kolovou G
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging is a recently developed noninvasive,
nonradiating, operator-independent technique that has been successfully used for
the evaluation of congenital heart disease, valvular and pericardial diseases,
iron overload, cardiomyopathies, great and coronary vessel diseases, cardiac
inflammation, stress-rest myocardial perfusion, and fibrosis. Rheumatoid
arthritis and other spondyloarthropathies, systemic lupus erythematosus,
inflammatory myopathies, mixed connective tissue diseases (CTDs), systemic
sclerosis, vasculitis, and sarcoidosis are among CTDs with serious cardiovascular
involvement; this is due to multiple causative factors such as myopericarditis,
micro/macrovascular disease, coronary artery disease, myocardial fibrosis,
pulmonary hypertension, and finally heart failure. The complicated
pathophysiology and the high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality of CTDs
demand a versatile, noninvasive, nonradiative diagnostic tool for early
cardiovascular diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment follow-up.
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging can detect early silent cardiovascular
lesions, assess disease acuteness, and reliably evaluate the effect of both
cardiac and rheumatic medication in the cardiovascular system, due to its
capability to perform tissue characterization and its high spatial resolution.
However, until now, high cost; lack of interaction between cardiologists,
radiologists, and rheumatologists; lack of availability; and lack of experts in
the field have limited its wider adoption in the clinical practice.