Echocardiography and cardiovascular MRI entwined within the imaging domain; uniting the two. A compendium for the echocardiographer

Moneal B Shah; Mark Doyle; Victor Farah; Robert W W Biederman

doi:10.1111/echo.13862

Echocardiography and cardiovascular MRI entwined within the imaging domain; uniting the two. A compendium for the echocardiographer

Echocardiography. 2018 Apr;35(4):551-558. doi: 10.1111/echo.13862. Epub 2018 Apr 3.

Authors

Moneal B Shah¹, Mark Doyle¹, Victor Farah¹, Robert W W Biederman¹

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Cardiovascular MRI and Echocardiography, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

PMID: 29611625
DOI: 10.1111/echo.13862

Abstract

A review of the unique and complementary roles echocardiography and cardiovascular MRI provide to the clinician. A focus on the physics of each modality as well as imaging of the left ventricle.

Keywords: 2D echocardiography; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Echocardiography / methods*
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*