Comparison of radionuclide myocardial perfusion/metabolic imaging with cardiac magnetic resonance for assessment of myocardial viability:current status and progress
Radionuclide myocardial perfusion/metabolic imaging and cardiac MR play critical roles in assessing myocardial viability of patients with ischemic heart disease as noninvasive modalities.Given the technical difference between two imaging modalities,each of them has its unique strength to ascertain what causes the injured myocardium and differentiate the viable myocardium from the scarred myocardium.The purpose of this review is to compare the capability of two methods in assessment of myocardial viability,in-cluding summarize their consistency and discrepancy,as well as to explore the clinical significance to com-bine them serving as an essential tool to assist decision making for coronary revascularization comprehensively and accurately.