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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2004;80:19-22; doi:10.1136/pmj.2003.010355
Copyright © 2004 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2004;80:19-22
© 2004 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

CARDIOLOGY UPDATE

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

G J Heatlie1 and K Pointon2

1 Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
2 Department of Radiology, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Grant Heatlie
Queens Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; grant.heatlie{at}virgin.net

ABSTRACT

Recent advances in technology have allowed magnetic resonance imaging to be exploited in cardiology. It is capable of giving high definition structural and functional information. The current applications of this technique and how it may develop in the future are reviewed.

Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; cardiac imaging

Abbreviations: ECG, electrocardiogram; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging


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