Heart MRI news
January 9, 2020
SCMR Board members James Carr and Karen Ordovas were interviewed on the value of Heart MRIs during the most recent Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Read more >> November 4, 2019
How a Study Confirmed the Value of Heart MRIs in a Real-World Setting Raymond Kwong, director of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and lead investigator of the Stress CMR Perfusion Imaging in the United States (SPINS) study, discusses the high diagnostic and prognostic power of Heart MRIs, as well as their ability to reduce downstream costs for patients. Read more >> October 24, 2019
The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Launches Heart MRI Website and Awareness Initiative SCMR CEO, Dr. Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci and SCMR Board Member, Dr. Michael Salerno conducted numerous interviews on the value of having a heart MRI during official launch of HeartMRI.org. Read more >> October 21, 2019
The Silent Heart Attack You Didn't Know You Had Millions of people are unaware that they have had a silent myocardial infarction and are at risk of having another attack that could cause severe damage or death. Read more >> October 14, 2019
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Stress Perfusion Imaging for Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain The first paper utilizing the SCMR registry data has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Read more >> July 12, 2019
FDA Approves First Contrast Agent for Cardiac MRI The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CMR to assess myocardial perfusion (stress, rest) and late gadolinium enhancement in adult patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). . Read more >> June 20, 2019
MRI Perfusion Scan of Heart May Direct Treatment Decisions in Angina: MR-INFORM Trial A 40 minute test for angina could help patients avoid an overnight stay in hospital according to a new trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more >> February 8, 2019
Prognostic Value of Vasodilator Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Read more >> |