Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in the Western world. It absorbs a large
portion of the United States health care budget and has both social and economic …

Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in the United States and many other
countries. It absorbs a large portion of health-care budgets and, thus, has not only social but …

Cardiac MR imaging is an effective method for noninvasive imaging of the heart. The
technology has been limited in the past because of imaging difficulties associated with …

Cardiovascular MR (CMR) imaging has become a practical, clinically useful tool for the
noninvasive evaluation of ischemic heart disease. It allows for a more comprehensive …

Use of MR imaging to assess the heart has grown rapidly in recent years. MR imaging can
assess cardiac anatomy, quantify ventricular and valvular function, identify regions of …

MRI is simultaneously a well-established and evolving area of cardiovascular diagnostic
medical imaging. The prevalence of cardiac MRI, also termed CMR, is increasing in both …

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a relatively new noninvasive imaging modality that
provides insight into multiple facets of the human myocardium not available by other …

Dr Friedrich is a professor in the departments of Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology at the
McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Canada, where he is also chief of …

To be a major player in cardiac imaging, an imaging technology has to either be relatively
inexpensive, like echocardiography, or provide substantial and reliable information on …

Recent developments in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the heart have refocused
attention on the potential of MR and continue to attract intense interest within the radiology …