Heart MRI

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Heart, front view

Heart, section through the middle

MRI scans

Magnetic resonance imaging - cardiac; Magnetic resonance imaging - heart; Nuclear magnetic resonance - cardiac; NMR - cardiac; MRI of the heart

The sensitivity of MRI depends, in part, on the experience of the radiologist.

A heart MRI may reveal the following disorders:

• Heart valve disorders
• Pericardial effusion
• Tumor invasion of blood vessels or pericardium (around the heart)
• Atrial myxoma
• Congenital heart abnormalities (such as pulmonary atresia)
• Fibrosis or scarring of heart muscle
• How much heart muscle is dead (after a heart attack)

Review Date: 01/24/2007
Reviewed By: Stuart Bentley-Hibbert, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.