Cardiac magnetic resonance is nowadays considered the gold standard noninvasive imaging technique in different cardiac disease. In particular, cardiac MR is a fundamental diagnostic and prognostic tool for the diagnosis and characterization of heart disease that increase the risk of sudden cardiac death, due to the ability to identify even small abnormalities of myocardial tissue, such as scar of fat infiltration. Accordingly, the recent (2023) European Society of Cardiology GuideLines on Cardiomyopathies recognized the performance of cardiac MR in all suspected or known cardiomyopathies with Level 1 of Recommendation. In the growing field of Sport Cardiology, the Italian Cardiological Guidelines (COCIS) for Competitive Sport Eligibility in athletes with heart disease strongly recommends the use of Cardiac MR in all athletes wit significant ventricular arrhythmias or suspected myocardial disease. Finally, cardiac MR remains the standard-of- reference diagnostic tool for assessing myocardial viability in ischemic heart disease.
Indice testuale
Patient preparation
Angelo Ratti, Andrea Provera
Major sequences
Daniele Andreini, Carlo Gigante
Postprocessing and measurements: volumes, function, flows, T1-T2 MAPPING, ECV, LGE quantification
Matteo Schillaci, Eleonora Melotti, Blanca Prestini
Cardiac magnetic resonance in ischemic heart disease
Francesca Coraducci, Damiano Fedele, Marco Guglielmo
Cardiomyopathies
Gianluca Guarnieri, Edoardo Conte, Davide Marchetti, Michele Gallazzi, Daniele Andereini, Elena Sala, Sara Belleggia
Myocarditis and pericarditis
Edoardo Conte, Gianluca Guarnieri
Cardiac magnetic resonance in valvular heart diseases
Valentina Volpato, Eleonora Melotti
Cardiac magnetic resonance in cardiac masses
Pasquale Paolisso
Congenital heart disease
Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Francesca Raimondi, Sandro Sironi
Reporting
Marco Doldi
Angelo Ratti, Andrea Provera
Major sequences
Daniele Andreini, Carlo Gigante
Postprocessing and measurements: volumes, function, flows, T1-T2 MAPPING, ECV, LGE quantification
Matteo Schillaci, Eleonora Melotti, Blanca Prestini
Cardiac magnetic resonance in ischemic heart disease
Francesca Coraducci, Damiano Fedele, Marco Guglielmo
Cardiomyopathies
Gianluca Guarnieri, Edoardo Conte, Davide Marchetti, Michele Gallazzi, Daniele Andereini, Elena Sala, Sara Belleggia
Myocarditis and pericarditis
Edoardo Conte, Gianluca Guarnieri
Cardiac magnetic resonance in valvular heart diseases
Valentina Volpato, Eleonora Melotti
Cardiac magnetic resonance in cardiac masses
Pasquale Paolisso
Congenital heart disease
Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Francesca Raimondi, Sandro Sironi
Reporting
Marco Doldi
