Increasing Radiation in Medical Imaging - a window of opportunity for CMR

The recent NEJM manuscript on the increase in use of medical imaging modalities and radiation should be taken very seriously by payers, patients and practitioners. At the same time, the CMR community may be asking: should we care??? The definite answer is yes, because this issue is a big plus for CMR. We should emphasize this huge advantage of CMR and, again, educate cardiologists of the great risk/benefit ratio of the technique.