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Oct 16, 2011

Paper of the Week

Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance as a Gatekeeper to Invasive Coronary Angiography in Patients Presenting With Heart Failure of Unknown Etiology. (Circulation. 2011;124:1351-1360.)

Dr. Assomull and cols assessed the diagnostic accuracy of a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) protocol incorporating late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and magnetic resonance coronary angiography (CA) as a noninvasive gatekeeper to CA in determining the etiology of heart failure in patients and concluded that LGE-CMR is a safe, clinically effective, and potentially economical gatekeeper to CA in patients presenting with heart failure of uncertain etiology.

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