Cardiac MRI Clinical Uncertainty and Patient Outcomes

Cardiac MRI: Clinical Uncertainty and Patient Outcomes weaves together the essentials of clinical cardiology with advanced principles of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. This case-based atlas reviews a variety of cases where clinical management was modified after CMR revealed an alternative diagnosis than initially suggested by clinical data. It includes over 40 clinical scenarios covering a wide spectrum of common and uncommon cardiac conditions, and how CMR can be utilized in differentiating these disease processes which often have no other method of being diagnosed. This book defines how Cardiac MRI can serve as a valuable tool in the diagnosis of complex cardiac pathologies and aid in the complex treatment management of these patients, whilst key points regarding the limitations of cardiac tests (e.g. EKG, echocardiography, stress tests, catheterization etc.) are highlighted. Additional imaging pearls regarding CMR modalities and image acquisition are also included with each case.Through this book, clinicians in both sub-specialty and primary can understand when to order a cardiac MRI for their patient and the clinical questions it can help the provider solve. The book serves as a reference tool for both cardiologists and radiologists in terms of elucidating how CMR can be utilized as a clinical diagnostic tool to guide management. Whether you take care of complex patients or interpret advanced imaging modalities, like echocardiography or Cardiac MRI, this book is for you!

1. Cardiac Sarcoid
2. Senile Amyloidosis
3. V1221 ATTR Amyloid
4. Intramyocardial Hemorrhage Amyloid Angiopathy
5. Fabry’s Cardiomyopathy
6. Iron Overload Cardiomyopathy
7. Infarct Secondary to Coronay Embolism
8. Multivessel CAD
9. Reperfusion Injury
10. Recurrent VT Failed Immunosuppression Cardac Sarcoid
11. ARVC
12. OHT Cellular Rejection
13. Acute Myocarditis in the Setting of Rhabdo
14. Giant Cell Myocarditis
15. Loeffler's Cardiomyopathy
16. Incidental Mass
17. Multiple Cardiac Masses
18. Unexplained Hypoxia and the Elusive Shunt
19. Hypertensive Cardiomyopathy
20. Athlete’s Heart
21. HOCM and LGE < 15%
22. Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy
23. Dilated Cardiomyopathy
24. ICM with MR
25. PVC Induced Cardiomyopathy
26. Chemotherapy Induced Cardiomyopathy
27. PAPVR
28. Coarctation
29. Pericardial Effusion
30. Constrictive Pericarditis

Dr. Victor Ferrari is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; and the Director of the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program at Penn Cardiovascular Institute at the University of PA School of Medicine. Dr. Ferrari has published hundreds of articles and abstracts, and is a reviewer as well as an editor for a number of major journals, such as European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. He is actively involved in a number of professional and scientific societies, such as being a past chair of American College of Cardiology as well as a founding member of Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Being highly experienced, he has won multiple awards including William Smilow Award for Innovation in Clinical Excellence, Top Doctor Award, Heart Hero Award, and more.
Dr Saurabh Jha, MD, MBBS, MRCS, MS
Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Saurabh Jha is an Associate Professor of Radiology under the Department of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Upon completing his medical degree and general surgery residency in London, he then completed his residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in cardiovascular imaging at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, and has since been appointed as a faculty member. He has published numerous articles and contributed to book chapters, and is on the editorial board of a number of significant journals including Journal of American College of Radiology, Medscape Radiology, Applied Radiology and more. He is a member of American College of Radiology and has received multiple awards and honors for his clinical and research excellence. His expertise is Cardiovascular CT and MRI, emergency radiology, evidence-based imaging, and appropriate use of imaging.