A history of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in clinical practice and population science

Mihir M Sanghvi; João A C Lima; David A Bluemke; Steffen E Petersen

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2024.1393896

A history of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in clinical practice and population science

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 Apr 19:11:1393896. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1393896. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Mihir M Sanghvi^{1

2}, João A C Lima^{3

4}, David A Bluemke⁵, Steffen E Petersen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
² Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Heath, Madison, WI, United States.

Abstract

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has become an invaluable clinical and research tool. Starting from the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, this article provides a brief overview of the key developments that have led to CMR as it is today, and how it became the modality of choice for large-scale population studies.

Keywords: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA); UK Biobank; cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging; history of medicine; magnetic resonance imaging; nuclear magnetic resonance.

Publication types

Review

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