Cardiac MRI is a vital diagnostic tool for evaluating pericardial diseases, providing essential morphologic and functional information for determining optimal therapeutic strategies.
What is the role of cardiac MRI in the evaluation of pericardial diseases?
Cardiac MRI is a valuable imaging modality for the comprehensive morphologic and functional assessment of pericardial diseases, including inflammation and constriction.
OBJECTIVE: MRI plays an important role in the morphologic and functional evaluation of pericardial diseases. MRI has the advantages of high spatiotemporal resolution, soft-tissue contrast, wide FOV, and multiplanar imaging capabilities, making it a valuable tool in the evaluation of pericardial disorders. In this article, the role of MRI in the evaluation of pericardial disorders, including pericardial constriction, is described and illustrated. CONCLUSION: MRI is a vital diagnostic tool in the evaluation of pericardial diseases, particularly inflammation and constriction, because it can provide both morphologic and functional information essential for determining the optimal therapeutic strategy. It is used for the characterization and delineation of the extent of spread of pericardial masses. Various imaging sequences are available, so the MRI protocol should be optimized and tailored to the specific clinical condition that is being evaluated.
Prabhakar Rajiah (Wed,) conducted a review in Pericardial diseases. Cardiac MRI was evaluated. Cardiac MRI is a vital diagnostic tool for evaluating pericardial diseases, providing essential morphologic and functional information for determining optimal therapeutic strategies.