Key result
CMR provides comprehensive, non-invasive, radiation-free assessment of cardiac morphology and function across all life stages.
Why the study?
To discuss the role of CMR and the indications for its use across different stages of life, from fetal to adult life.
This state-of-the-art review highlights the comprehensive role of CMR as a non-invasive, radiation-free modality for diagnosing and managing cardiac conditions from fetal to adult life.
Supports CMR integration into pediatric cardiac imaging protocols; leaves open prospective outcome trials across fetal-to-adult stages.
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging offers a comprehensive, non-invasive, and radiation-free imaging modality, which provides a highly accurate and reproducible assessment of cardiac morphology and functions across a wide spectrum of cardiac conditions spanning from fetal to adult life. It minimises risks to the patient, particularly the risks associated with exposure to ionising radiation and the risk of complications from more invasive haemodynamic assessments. CMR utilises high spatial resolution and provides a detailed assessment of intracardiac and extracardiac anatomy, ventricular and valvular function, and flow haemodynamic and tissue characterisation, which aid in the diagnosis, and, hence, with the management of patients with cardiac disease. This article aims to discuss the role of CMR and the indications for its use throughout the different stages of life, from fetal to adult life.
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Moscatelli et al. (2023) conducted a review in Cardiac disease. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) was evaluated. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging provides a comprehensive, non-invasive, and radiation-free assessment of cardiac morphology and function across all stages of life.
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