Cardiac MRI Shown to Improve Diagnosis in Patients with Life-Threatening Arrhythmias (VIDEO)

University of Western Ontario

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Cardiologist Dr. James White of Western University has demonstrated the benefits of performing cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in cases where patients have been resuscitated after sudden cardiac death or enter hospital suffering from ventricular arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeat rhythm). The research shows CMR is a highly effective diagnostic imaging tool, identifying a cardiac diagnosis in 75 percent of cases compared with only 50 per cent in all other testing. Overall, CMR identified a new or alternate explanation for the arrhythmia in 50 percent of patients.

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Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

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