Table of Contents
- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
- Images
Magnetic resonance imaging - cardiac; Magnetic resonance imaging - heart; Nuclear magnetic resonance - cardiac; NMR - cardiac; MRI of the heart
Normal Values
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal results may be due to:
- Heart valve disorders
Pericardial effusion -
Tumor of blood vessels or pericardium (around the heart) Atrial myxoma - Heart problems that you are born with, such as
pulmonary atresia - Scarring of heart muscle
- Damage or death to the heart muscle, seen after a
heart attack
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Heart MRI Risks
Review Date: 06/22/2010
Reviewed By: Issam Mikati, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School
of Medicine, Director, Northwestern Clinic Echocardiography Lab,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
