Cardiac MRI
Indications
Contraindications
Equipment
Technique
Interpretation
Allows evaluation of:
- Chamber volumes
- Cause of hypertrophy
- Hypertension
- Odematous/inflammatory
- Diffuse fibrosis
- Fabry’s
- Sarcoidosis
Late gadolinium enhancement on the inferolateral wall. - Amyloidosis
- Haemochromatosis/iron deposition
- Ischaemia
Gadolinium enhancement. - Thrombus
No gadolinium enhancement.