Heart MRI

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Heart, section through the middle

Heart, front view

MRI scans

Overview

Risks

Results

Heart MRI

Alternative Names:

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

What abnormal results mean:

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)
Left atrial myxoma
Right 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: 1/24/2005
Reviewed By: Jeffrey J. Brown, M.D., F.A.C.R., Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Review Provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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