Mandapaka Sangeeta, Hundley William Gregory
Cardiology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA.
J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Sep;24(3):499-512. doi: 10.1002/jmri.20678.
Dobutamine cardiovascular magnetic resonance (DCMR) is useful for identifying myocardial ischemia and viability in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). This article reviews the performance and utility of DCMR, its association with dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), and areas of active investigative research.