Open AccessCardiovascular magnetic resonance: Stressing the future
Author(s) -
Ioannis Merinopoulos,
Tharusha Gunawardena,
Simon Eccleshall,
Vassilios Vassiliou
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v11.i8.195
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , coronary artery disease , cardiology , ischaemic heart disease , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance , myocardial ischaemia , disease , ischemia , radiology
Non-invasive cardiac stress imaging plays a central role in the assessment of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. The current guidelines suggest estimation of the myocardial ischaemic burden as a criterion for revascularisation on prognostic grounds despite the lack of standardised reporting of the magnitude of ischaemia on various non-invasive imaging methods. Future studies should aim to accurately describe the relationship between myocardial ischaemic burden as assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and mortality.