Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in pulmonary hypertension

Autor: William M Bradlow, Raad H. Mohiaddin, J. Simon R. Gibbs
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Heart disease
Hypertension
Pulmonary
Blood Pressure
Review
Pulmonary Artery
Predictive Value of Tests
Internal medicine
medicine.artery
pulmonary arterial hypertension
pulmonary hypertension
medicine
Humans
Radiology
Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Ventricular remodeling
Angiology
Medicine(all)
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
medicine.diagnostic_test
Ventricular Remodeling
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
medicine.disease
Prognosis
Pulmonary hypertension
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
medicine.anatomical_structure
Blood pressure
Ventricle
lcsh:RC666-701
Pulmonary artery
Cardiology
Ventricular Function
Right
Right ventricle
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Zdroj: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Vol 14, Iss 1, p 6 (2012)
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
ISSN: 1097-6647
Popis: Pulmonary hypertension represents a group of conditions characterized by higher than normal pulmonary artery pressures. Despite improved treatments, outcomes in many instances remain poor. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) in patients with pulmonary hypertension. This technique offers certain advantages over other imaging modalities since it is well suited to the assessment of the right ventricle and the proximal pulmonary arteries. Reflecting the relatively sparse evidence supporting its use, CMR is not routinely recommended for patients with pulmonary hypertension. However, it is particularly useful in patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease. Furthermore, it has proven informative in a number of ways; illustrating how right ventricular remodeling is favorably reversed by drug therapies and providing explicit confirmation of the importance of the right ventricle to clinical outcome. This review will discuss these aspects and practical considerations before speculating on future applications.
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