TY - JOUR
T1 - MR Imaging of Coronary Arteries and Plaques
AU - Dweck, Marc R
AU - Puntman, Valentina
AU - Vesey, Alex T
AU - Fayad, Zahi A
AU - Nagel, Eike
N1 - Copyright © 2016 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Cardiac magnetic resonance offers the promise of radiation-free imaging of the coronary arteries, providing information with respect to luminal stenosis, plaque burden, high-risk plaque characteristics, and disease activity. In combination, this would provide a comprehensive, individualized assessment of coronary atherosclerosis that could be used to improve patient risk stratification and to guide treatment. However, the technical challenges involved with delivering upon this promise are considerable, requiring sophisticated approaches to both data acquisition and post-processing. In this review, we describe the current status of this technology, its capabilities, its limitations, and what will be required in the future to translate this technology into routine clinical practice.
AB - Cardiac magnetic resonance offers the promise of radiation-free imaging of the coronary arteries, providing information with respect to luminal stenosis, plaque burden, high-risk plaque characteristics, and disease activity. In combination, this would provide a comprehensive, individualized assessment of coronary atherosclerosis that could be used to improve patient risk stratification and to guide treatment. However, the technical challenges involved with delivering upon this promise are considerable, requiring sophisticated approaches to both data acquisition and post-processing. In this review, we describe the current status of this technology, its capabilities, its limitations, and what will be required in the future to translate this technology into routine clinical practice.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.12.003
M3 - Literature review
C2 - 26965732
SN - 1876-7591
VL - 9
SP - 306
EP - 316
JO - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 3
ER -