Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in cardiovascular disease (CVD): Bangladesh Perspective
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the greatest causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Natural history of CVD is changing because of improve care of acute conditions and new strategies to management. These include safe screening methods and monitoring of both disease activity and tailored-treatment, by increasing medical care. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a set of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques designed to assess cardiovascular morphology, ventricular function, myocardial perfusion, tissue characterization, flow quantification & coronary artery disease. Compared to MRI of other body parts, CMR faces specific challenges from cardiac & respiratory motion. Therefore, CMR requires synchronous cardiac & respiratory gating or breath-holding techniques to overcome motion artifacts.1 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)