Letter by Hamilton-Craig et al Regarding Article, “Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance as a Gatekeeper to Invasive Coronary Angiography in Patients Presenting With Heart Failure of Unknown Etiology” | Zendy

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Letter by Hamilton-Craig et al Regarding Article, “Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance as a Gatekeeper to Invasive Coronary Angiography in Patients Presenting With Heart Failure of Unknown Etiology”

Author(s) -

Christian HamiltonCraig,

D. Walters,

R. Slaughter

Publication year - 2012

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.111.069328

Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , heart failure , magnetic resonance imaging , coronary angiography , cardiology , myocardial infarction , radiology

To the Editor:Assomull et al1 present encouraging data for the role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) for noninvasive testing in patients with heart failure of unknown etiology. We agree with the many of the findings in this article, and have adopted a similar approach by using CMR for first-line evaluation of patients newly diagnosed with heart failure at our quaternary referral and transplant center.However, we would draw referring clinicians' attention to the fact that a CMR showing severe …

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