Key result
CMR improves characterization of cardiovascular disease in Turner syndrome compared to standard imaging.
Why the study?
Girls and women with Turner syndrome have increased cardiovascular morbidity, and increased clinical use of CMR has enabled disease characterization not always possible with standard imaging modalities such as echocardiography.
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) improve characterization of cardiovascular disease in girls and women with Turner syndrome compared to standard imaging modalities?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) improve characterization of cardiovascular disease in girls and women with Turner syndrome compared to standard imaging modalities?
CMR allows for better characterization of congenital and acquired cardiovascular disease in patients with Turner syndrome compared to standard imaging modalities.
May support expanded CMR use in Turner syndrome; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Girls and women with Turner syndrome (TS) have a highly increased morbidity as the result of cardiovascular disease, both congenital and acquired. Increased clinical use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in patients with TS over recent years has allowed for characterization of disease not always possible with standard imaging modalities, such as echocardiography (echo). In this review, we discuss the current literature regarding CMR in patients with TS and guidelines for its use.
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Gutmark‐Little et al. (2013) conducted a review in Turner syndrome. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) vs. Echocardiography was evaluated. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging allows for characterization of cardiovascular disease in patients with Turner syndrome that is not always possible with standard imaging modalities.
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