Open AccessCardiac MR Imaging in the Evaluation of Rheumatic Valvular Heart Diseases
Author(s) -
Phani Chakravarty Mutnuru,
S. N. Singh,
John D’Souza,
Lakshmi Manasa Perubhotla
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18059.7405
Subject(s) - valvular heart disease , medicine , cardiology , mitral regurgitation , ejection fraction , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , magnetic resonance imaging , stenosis , radiology , heart disease , heart failure
Rheumatic heart disease is the most common cause of valvular heart disease throughout the world. Echocardiography is the dominant imaging investigation in the assessment of cardiac valvular disease and the role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is so far limited. However, due to rapid improvements in the cardiac MRI technology in past few years, this non invasive technique is gaining interest in the examination of cardiac valves.