Magnetic Resonance Imaging of patients with suspected non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies

Morona, J, Vogan, A, Kessels, S, Newton, S, Schubert, C, Merlin, T
Record ID 32018000659
English
Original Title: Application 1432
Authors' results and conclusions: Comparative Safety - Being a non-invasive test without any associated radiation, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has a good safety profile. Comparative effectiveness - Overall, it appears that CMR can inform the diagnosis and alter the management of a large number of patients in whom a diagnosis is otherwise difficult to make. The use of CMR may avoid the use of invasive testing, such as endomyocardial biopsy in patients in whom arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is suspected on the basis of other International Task Force Criteria (TFC), and patients with troponin-positive chest pain, electrocardiogram changes suspicious of acute coronary syndrome and no culprit lesion identified on coronary angiography. The use of CMR may also avoid the use of right ventricular angiography or electrophysiological studies in patients in whom ARVC is suspected on the basis of other International TFC.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/1432-public
Year Published: 2017
URL for published report: http://www.msac.gov.au/internet/msac/publishing.nsf/Content/6FEB810E43FFD0A3CA25801000123C25/$File/1432-FinalPSD-accessible%2024%20Aug%202017.pdf
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Australia
MeSH Terms
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Cardiomyopathies
Keywords
  • non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy
  • non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies
  • cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
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