Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Επεμβατική ΑκτινολογίαLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Καθηγητής Ν. Λ. Κελέκης, Καθηγητής Η. Μπρούντζος, Αν. Καθηγήτρια Ε. Αλεξοπούλου
Original Title:
Σύγχρονες τεχνικές μαγνητικής τομογραφίας καρδιάς στη διερεύνηση των μυοκαρδιοπαθειών
Translated title:
New insights in cardiac MRI for evaluation of cardiomyopathies
Summary:
Heart muscle diseases or cardiomyopathies ( ischemic and non) represent an
important and heterogeneous group of cardiac diseases associated with
morphological and functional abnormalities of myocardium which may be fatal.
Cardiac magnetic resonance (MRC) imaging is a valuable non-invasive technique
provides unique information about phenotypic expression, functional compromise,
tissue characterization, preclinical diagnosis, screening in relatives, follow
up-evaluation of post treatment response. Most important of all, this technique
is increasingly being used for risk stratification of potential harmful
complications, such as cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure and sudden cardiac
death. Widely used techniques, such as cine Steady State Free Precession(SSFP),
Inversion Recovery (STIR), Late Gadolinium Enhancement ( LGE), T1-T2 Mapping,
T2 Relaxation and tagging characterized by high spatial and temporal
resolution, sensitivity and specificity and repeatability of measurements.
Under going and helpful in future techniques for preclinical diagnosis are
spectroscopy (metabolic evaluation), diffusion, measurement of extracellular
volume fraction ( ECV) and pancreas FS relaxometry. These techniques require
more researchs for evaluation of their usefulness as diagnostic tools because
of their low spatial and temporal resolution and repeatability.
Keywords:
MRC, Technique , Cardiac, Cardiomyopathy
Number of references:
179
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