Key result
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a sensitive, noninvasive diagnostic technique useful for identifying subclinical cardiac structural and functional abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Why the study?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging improve the detection of subclinical cardiac involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging improve the detection of subclinical cardiac involvement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
CMR is a valuable noninvasive imaging modality for the early detection of subclinical cardiac involvement, such as myocarditis and fibrosis, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Supports CMR for subclinical cardiac detection in RA; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cardiac involvement such as myocarditis and myocardial infarction is common. This cardiac involvement may have serious consequences and can contribute to worsening of a patient’s cardiac-related morbidity and mortality. Importantly, cardiac involvement is typically clinically silent, only manifesting as cardiac dysfunction after an extended preclinical phase.
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Hitomi Kobayashi (2016) conducted a review in Rheumatoid arthritis with potential cardiac involvement. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR) was evaluated. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a sensitive, noninvasive diagnostic technique useful for identifying subclinical cardiac structural and functional abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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