O’Neill AC, McDermott S, Ridge CA, Keane D, Dodd JD. Investigation of cardiomyopathy using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging part 2: Rare phenotypes. World J Cardiol 2012; 4(5): 173-182 [PMID: 22655165 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v4.i5.173]
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Dr. Jonathan D Dodd, Consultant Radiologist and Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. j.dodd@st-vincents.ie
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World J Cardiol. May 26, 2012; 4(5): 173-182 Published online May 26, 2012. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v4.i5.173
Investigation of cardiomyopathy using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging part 2: Rare phenotypes
Ailbhe C O’Neill, Shaunagh McDermott, Carole A Ridge, David Keane, Jonathan D Dodd
Ailbhe C O’Neill, Shaunagh McDermott, Carole A Ridge, David Keane, Jonathan D Dodd, Department of Radiology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
David Keane, Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
Author contributions: O’Neill AC, McDermott S and Ridge CA wrote different sections of the article; Dodd JD revised the written article and edited all the images; Keane D edited the article and added clinical information to the figures.
Correspondence to: Dr. Jonathan D Dodd, Consultant Radiologist and Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland. j.dodd@st-vincents.ie
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Received: January 29, 2012 Revised: May 15, 2012 Accepted: May 20, 2012 Published online: May 26, 2012
Abstract
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) has emerged as a useful tertiary imaging tool in the investigation of patients suspected of many different types of cardiomyopathies. CMRI images are now of a sufficiently robust quality to enable high spatial and temporal resolution image acquisition. This has led to CMRI becoming an effective non-invasive imaging tool for many cardiomyopathies. In this two-part review we outline the typical sequences used to image cardiomyopathy and present the imaging spectrum of cardiomyopathy. Part I focused on the current classification of cardiomyopathy, the basic CMRI sequences used in evaluating cardiomyopathy and the imaging spectrum of common phenotypes. Part II illustrates the imaging spectrum of the more rare phenotypes.
