Cardiac MRI

This Q&A series explores radiology’s role in overdiagnosis in a variety of conditions. Here, we discuss left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy.

Computed tomography angiography may show significant incidental findings that ED physicians should act upon.

Doses over 7.5 mSv of radiation from cardiac CTA cause cellular damage.

Imaging with electron beam tomography or CT helps determine plaque build-up in coronary artery calcification among asymptomatic patients.

Patients who undergo coronary CT angiography receive lower radiation doses and are more pleased with the experience than with MPI.

Coronary CT angiography detects links between arterial plaque, diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels.

Case History: 60-year-old female with shortness of breath worsening with exertion and fatigue.

A CT protocol with lower radiation and contrast dose for aortic assessment provides acceptable diagnostic imaging.

Radiation exposure during angiography might be decreased if radiologists can view the images on wide screens.

74-year-old with history of aortic valve repair at an outside hospital.

Cardiac and abdominal imaging performed by residents using a pocket-size ultrasound increases diagnostic accuracy.

Coronary CT imaging may help clinicians identify patients with suspected angina who may go on to have myocardial infarction.

Use of some cardiac imaging improved after implementation of appropriate use criteria, but not for all tests.

Clinicians using ultrasound may detect potential heart attacks or strokes before patients show symptoms.

Routine CT angiography for patients with diabetes not more effective in preventing cardiovascular complications than good standard of care.

Coronary CT angiography may become an important part NAFLD assessment.

Increasing use of cardiac stress testing with imaging may be unnecessary and adds to cost and patient exposure to radiation.

The ACUSON SC2000 premium cardiovascular imaging system provides physicians with a more accurate, speedier view, according to Siemens.

EMR vendors threaten the cardiology imaging informatics field.

Cardiac MRI procedure volume is on the rise, potentially bidding radiologists and cardiologists against each other.

Radiology and cardiology informatics vendors are less concerned with interoperability in the U.S.

New CT scanners’ variability affects cardiovascular risk classification.

Coronary CT angiography is a useful tool in detecting prevalence and type of coronary artery fistulas.

CCTA may be effective in screening CAD in adult survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Cardiac imaging with PET and MRI shows excellent diagnostic accuracy compared with SPECT-MPI.