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In this video, you'll learn when CMR is useful—and when it isn’t.",{"id":215,"name":216},1,"Course previews",[218,229,234,239],{"type":219,"data":220},"video",{"readDurationInSeconds":221,"video":222},447,{"platform":223,"name":224,"url":225,"size":226},"Vimeo","01.mov","https:\u002F\u002Fvimeo.com\u002F132315418",{"width":227,"height":228},480,270,{"type":230,"data":231},"free_text",{"readDurationInSeconds":232,"text":233},7.466666666666667,"\u003Cp>Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a very versatile imaging modality. 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For example, CMR faces no restrictions to the choice of imaging planes and that offers us a great deal more flexibility to obtain exactly the views that we want of the heart. In addition, CMR doesn't face the same limitations from body habitus that we see with echocardiography. For example, in patients of a high body mass index, \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-cbf1f966-7fff-a386-0d9c-40f895b10bb6\">[00:01:30] \u003C\u002Fb>CMR offers us the chance to assess many different aspects of cardiac structure and function all in a single imaging study. It also offers us a high spatial and temporal resolution, which can be invaluable in assessing cardiac anatomy such as in this example here of a patient with a pseudo bicuspid aortic valve. 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The use of late gadolinium enhancement imaging allows us to identify areas of myocardial infarction, as shown here, and also to assess residual myocardial viability. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-cbf1f966-7fff-a386-0d9c-40f895b10bb6\">[00:04:30] \u003C\u002Fb>The right ventricle can be notoriously challenging to assess on echocardiography but with CMR it's much easier and CMR offers a gold standard way of assessing right ventricular size and function. CMR is also commonly used in the assessment of valve disease where it can assess the etiology of the valve problem. It can quantify the severity and also look for any consequences \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">\u003Cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-cbf1f966-7fff-a386-0d9c-40f895b10bb6\">[00:05:00] \u003C\u002Fb>such as aortic or left ventricular dilatation. CMR also plays a valuable role in the assessment of congenital heart disease, as in this example here, that shows an atrial septal defect. 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