Ischemic heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
For the diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, some form of cardiac stress test involving
exercise or pharmacological stimulation continues to play an important role, despite
advances within modalities like computer tomography for the noninvasive detection and
characterization of epicardial coronary lesions. Among noninvasive stress imaging tests,
cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) combines several capabilities that are highly relevant …