CT and MRI provide impetus in heart imaging revolution

October 2, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. CT and MRI provide impetus in heart imaging revolution Wide area detectors and targeted contrast agents help promote cause of advanced imaging for earlier diagnosis, improved patient management BY HATEM ALKADHI, M.D., SEBASTIAN LESCHKA, M.D., AND BORUT MARINCEK, M.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coronary heart disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in developed countries.1 Accurate detection of early cardiac disease is of utmost importance for the delivery of appropriate treatment. The top three modalities used by cardiologists to diagnose cardiac disease are echocardiography, SPECT, and cardiac catheterization.2 The use of cardiac CT and cardiac MRI, however, is expected to increase significantly over the next three years and alter this ranking.2 Both modalities have progressed from being novel research techniques to routine diagnostic tools. They promise to become valuable additions to the radiological armamentarium for the diagnosis of cardiac diseases.

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