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Magnetic resonance imaging in ischaemic heart
disease
WWM Lam, NMS So, A Chan, JE Sanderson, C Metreweli
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong
Kong
Magnetic resonance imaging has an increasing role
in the assessment of ischaemic heart disease. Its superb spatial
and temporal resolution currently allows accurate assessment of
cardiac function, regional wall motion, and the extent of myocardial
infarction. Regional myocardial perfusion can also be assessed,
most commonly by a first-pass technique. Non-invasive imaging of
the coronary arteries by various magnetic resonance imaging techniques
represents a major advance in recent years. In the foreseeable future,
magnetic resonance imaging may become a single, comprehensive examination
for the assessment of ischaemic heart disease.
Hong Kong Med J 2003;9:370-6
Key words: Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial
ischemia
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