Key result
CMR visualizes intra-myocardial conduction barriers to potentially improve arrhythmia diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment.
Why the study?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance improve diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment in patients with arrhythmia?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance improve diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment in patients with arrhythmia?
Cardiac magnetic resonance provides detailed anatomic and tissue characterization that can enhance the evaluation and management of arrhythmias.
May support CMR in arrhythmia evaluation; leaves open prospective trials before practice change.
Contemporary methods for evaluation and treatment of arrhythmia are increasingly dependent upon characterization of the underlying myocardial substrate. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance offers unsurpassed soft tissue resolution capable of visualizing detailed cardiac anatomic features and intra-myocardial barriers to conduction. Non-invasive visualization of such anatomic detail has the potential to improve methods to diagnose, risk stratify, and treat patients with arrhythmia. This review describes a brief overview of the current knowledge on the applications of cardiac magnetic resonance for evaluation and treatment of patients with arrhythmia.
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Nazarian et al. (2009) conducted a review in Arrhythmia. Cardiac magnetic resonance was evaluated. Cardiac magnetic resonance offers detailed visualization of cardiac anatomy and intra-myocardial barriers to conduction, potentially improving diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment of arrhythmias.
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