Cardiac MRI

Data suggest that left atrial scarring observed with 2D long-axis MRI is associated with adverse atrial remodeling and incident clinically detected atrial fibrillation, researchers reported.

Medtronic announced it has launched a website and app to help health care providers reduce potential delays in the cardiac MRI scan workflow.

In a study of patients with COVID-19 who underwent cardiac MRI, among the signs of cardiac involvement in COVID-19 were cardiac symptoms, ECG abnormalities and cardiac biomarker elevations.

Cardiac MRI demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy in patients with suspected cardiac tumor and may serve as a good independent predictor of long-term survival, researchers reported.

Artificial intelligence-assisted enhancement of cardiac MRIs eliminated the need for IV contrast agents and provided better image quality and faster image development compared with late gadolinium-enhanced images, researchers reported.

Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Nathaniel Reichek, MD, FAHA, FACC, a pioneer in the development and use of cardiac MRI, recently died, the Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance announced.

Imaging study to determine mechanism in women with suspected MI but no obstructive CAD.

Among women with MI with nonobstructive coronary arteries, approximately 85% had potential mechanisms identified when they underwent coronary OCT and cardiac MRI, according to results of the HARP-MINOCA study.

Cardiac MRI revealed that among patients who recovered from COVID-19, 78% experienced myocardial inflammation, regional scar or pericardial enhancement, according to findings published in JAMA Cardiology.