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Utility of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Carsten Rickers,
Norbert Wilke,
Michael JeroschHerold,
Susan A. Casey,
Prasad M. Panse,
Neeta Panse,
Jochen Weil,
Andrey G. Zenovich,
Barry J. Maron
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.507723
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , heart failure
Two-dimensional echocardiography is currently the standard test for the clinical diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The present study was undertaken to determine whether cardiac MRI (CMR) affords greater accuracy than echocardiography in establishing the diagnosis and assessing the magnitude of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in HCM.

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