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Clinical Applications of CMR Techniques for Assessment of Regional Ventricular Function

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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology ((CONCARD))

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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) allows for a highly accurate description of segmental wall motion and quantitation of contractile function. The excellent contrast between the endocardium and blood pool improves measurement of wall thickness, end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes, and left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction. Other noninvasive imaging modalities such as echocardiography assume a uniform LV geometry when calculating these global parameters. Errors caused by these assumptions are magnified when the LV shape is deformed, such as in dilated cardiomyopathy or after a myocardial infarction (MI). Because CMR acquires images in a tomographic set of planes, no assumptions regarding LV geometry are made. Not only does CMR produce more accurate global measurements, but also regional function can be precisely quantitated. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the clinical applications of these techniques for assessment of segmental right ventricular (RV) and LV function.

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  1. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

    Victor A. Ferrari MD (Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Associate Director)

  2. Noninvasive Imaging Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Victor A. Ferrari MD (Associate Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Associate Director)

  3. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Kevin J. Duffy MD (Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine)

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  2. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

    Raymond Y. Kwong MD, MPH (Instructor of Medicine and Director) (Instructor of Medicine and Director)

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Ferrari, V.A., Duffy, K.J. (2008). Clinical Applications of CMR Techniques for Assessment of Regional Ventricular Function. In: Kwong, R.Y. (eds) Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-306-6_6

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