Modern level of cardiac @entity2996 ( @entity2996 ) development already allows its routine use (with proper indications) in @entity301 @entity1 for studies of heart morphology and functions, performance of stress tests for evaluation of myocardial perfusion and contractile function. Coronary MRA and some other new MR techniques are close to its wide-scale clinical application. It has been shown that cardiac @entity2996 is a valuable tool for detection of @entity2318 , @entity439 , @entity2849 , @entity1757 , mural thrombi and @entity340 . Due to intrinsic advantages of the method it is of special value when these pathological conditions cannot be fully confirmed or excluded with echocardiography. @entity2996 is recognized as the best imaging method for quantification of @entity296 , @entity296 , systolic myocardial thickening, chamber volumes, ejection fraction and other parameters of global and regional systolic and diastolic function. @entity2996 is used in studies of cardiac remodeling in postinfarction @entity1 . The most attractive areas for cardiovascular applications of @entity2996 are assessment of myocardial perfusion and non-invasive coronary angiography. Substantial progress has been achieved in these directions. There are some other new developments in studies of @entity453 with @entity2996 . High-resolution MR is used for imaging and quantification of @entity731 in vivo. Intravascular MR devices suitable for performing imaging-guided balloon angioplasty are created. But before @entity2996 will be widely accepted by the medical community as a important cardiovascular imaging modality several important problems have to be solved. Further technical advances are necessary for clinical implementation of all major diagnostic capabilities of cardiac @entity2996 . The subjective obstacles for growth of clinical applications of cardiac @entity2996 are lack of understanding of its possibilities and benefits both by clinicians and radiologists themselves. So proper training of specialists and promotion of this promising modality among the medical community are necessary.

Magnetic resonance imaging in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity296 :: ('MESH:D009202', 'Disease') :: ['myocardial thickness', 'myocardial mass'] @entity301 :: ('MESH:D003327', 'Disease') :: ['coronary heart disease'] @entity731 :: ('MESH:D050197', 'Disease') :: ['atherosclerotic plaque composition'] @entity2318 :: ('MESH:D002921', 'Disease') :: ['postinfarction scars'] @entity1757 :: ('MESH:D006345', 'Disease') :: ['septal defects'] @entity2996 :: ('MESH:C564543', 'Disease') :: ['MRI', 'magnetic resonance imaging'] @entity439 :: ('MESH:D000783', 'Disease') :: ['aneurysms'] @entity453 :: ('MESH:D003324', 'Disease') :: ['coronary artery disease'] @entity340 :: ('MESH:D006349', 'Disease') :: ['valvular regurgitations'] @entity2849 :: ('MESH:D017541', 'Disease') :: ['pseudoaneurysms']
@entity301 :: (MESH:D003327,Disease) :: ['coronary heart disease']
