The test was performed by Drs. Angélica Romero Daza and María José Romero Castro, from the Advanced Cardiac Imaging Unit. This test is currently one of the most reliable and safest when diagnosing patients with ischemic heart disease.
Recently, the UICAR at the Quirónsalud Valle del Henares University Hospital performed its first cardiac perfusion MRI , also called stress MRI.
As Dr. Angélica Romero Daza , head of the Advanced Cardiac Imaging Unit , points out, "myocardial perfusion resonance is a non-invasive cardiac imaging test , useful in the diagnosis and assessment of patients with ischemic heart disease or suspected of having it."
It is a technique with great scientific evidence that offers great sensitivity and specificity when diagnosing significant coronary disease and its impact on the heart muscle, given that, in addition to detecting lack of irrigation of the heart (ischemia), it also provides information about its anatomy, function and scars. All of this with great image quality and definition and without the need for radiation, which is why it is becoming the reference test for the study of ischemic heart disease.
This test does not require electrocardiogram interpretation , making it especially useful in patients with electrocardiographic abnormalities that complicate the interpretation of other ischemia detection tests. It involves administering a vasodilator (Regadenoson) intravenously, followed by gadolinium contrast, and then obtaining images using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect myocardial perfusion defects.
It is a safe test with very few contraindications and high diagnostic accuracy , allowing it to guide the diagnosis and in some cases avoid the need for catheterization.
Given that it is an advanced cardiac imaging technique requiring specific technical equipment , its availability is limited and not many centers have it. "Therefore, it is a great advantage to be able to offer our hospital's patients all the aforementioned benefits," concludes Dr. Romero.
