The role of CMR in heart failure is elegantly reviewed in this manuscript in JACC:
The Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Heart Failure, Theodoros D. Karamitsos MD, PhDlow asterisk, Jane M. Francis DCC(R), DNMlow asterisk, Saul Myerson MDlow asterisk, Joseph B. Selvanayagam MBBS, DPhil† and Stefan Neubauer MD. Volume 54, Issue 15, 6 October 2009, Pages 1407-1424.
Now, should we use CMR in every patient with heart failure and dubious or unknown etiology? This is more controversial but the changes in management in those cases more than seem to justify this yet untested approach.
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