Keywords:
Cardiac, Cardiovascular system, MR, Diagnostic procedure, Statistics, Dilatation
Authors:
E. Nenajdenko, E. A. Mershina, V. Sinitsyn, R. Myasnikov, M. Kharlap; Moscow/RU
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-2304
Aims and objectives
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a valuable tool for the evaluation of patients with,
or at risk for,
heart disease and has a growing impact on diagnosis,
clinical management,
and decision making [5-7].
The pattern of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) helps to determine the underlying etiology of the heart failure [6]. Determining the etiology of a cardiomyopathy is of clinical importance,
as it has implications with regards to the optimal treatment strategy and the prediction of prognosis.
The presence and extent of LGE may determine prognosis for the patients with cardiomyopathies and may be used for sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk stratification [3,
7].
The purpose of our work was to evaluate the contribution of CMR with LGE to differential diagnosis of enlarged heart.
The frequency of changes in the diagnosis after CMR implementation was estimated.