Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Right Heart and Pulmonary Circulation Disorders

Heart Fail Clin. 2021 Jan;17(1):57-75. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2020.08.006.

Abstract

Right heart and pulmonary circulation disorders are generally caused by right ventricle (RV) pressure overload, volume overload, and cardiomyopathy, and they are associated with distinct clinical courses and therapeutic approaches, although they often may coexist. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) provides a noninvasive accurate and reproducible multiplanar anatomic and functional assessment, tissue characterization, and blood flow evaluation of the right heart and pulmonary circulation. This article reviews the current status of the CMR, the most recent techniques, the new parameters and their clinical utility in diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic management in the right heart and pulmonary circulation disorders.

Keywords: Cardiac magnetic resonance; Diagnosis; Prognosis; Right heart and pulmonary circulation disorders; Therapeutic management.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Pulmonary Circulation / physiology*
  • Ventricular Function, Right / physiology*