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A review of the pivotal role of cardiac MRI in mitral valve regurgitation
Author(s) -
Gajjar Kushani,
Kashyap Kartikeya,
Badlani Jayshiv,
Williams Ronald B,
Biederman Robert W.W.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14941
Subject(s) - mitral regurgitation , medicine , cardiac imaging , cardiology , radiology , modality (human–computer interaction) , valvular regurgitation , etiology , cardiac magnetic resonance , mitral valve , mitral valve regurgitation , magnetic resonance imaging , regurgitation (circulation) , computer science , human–computer interaction
Cardiac imaging is the cornerstone of defining the etiology, quantification, and management of mitral regurgitation (MR). This continues to be even more so the case with emerging transcatheter techniques to manage MR. Transthoracic echocardiography remains the first‐line imaging modality to assess MR but has limitations. Cardiac MRI(CMR) provides the advantages of quantitative nonvisual estimation, 3D volumetric data, late gadolinium, T1, and extracellular volume measurements to comprehensively assess mitral valvular pathology, cardiac remodeling, and the prognostic impact of therapies. This review describes the superiority, technical aspects and growing evidence behind CMR, and lays the roadmap for the future of CMR in MR.