Ischemia assessment for HCM only if asked please.
Apr 21, 2012
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PAPER OF THE WEEK
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and single-photon emission computed tomography for diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CE-MARC): a prospective trial (Lancet 2012.4;379(9814):453-60)
Dr. Greenwood JP and cols studied 752 patients, with the purpose to establish the diagnostic accuracy of a multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) protocol with x-ray coronary
angiography as the reference standard, and to compare CMR with SPECT, in patients with suspected coronary
heart disease. They established CMR’s high diagnostic accuracy in coronary heart disease and CMR’s superiority over SPECT and concluded that it should be adopted more widely
than at present for the investigation of coronary heart disease.
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