Quantification of lung water in heart failure using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Full Text

Quantification of lung water in heart failure using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Full Text

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Featured article: Identifying lung water quantification using cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Pulmonary edema is a central feature of heart failure found in >50% of patients with acute decompensated or ambulatory disease. However, there are no quantitative tests currently available in clinical practice. In this study, Thompson et al. developed a simple magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach for lung water quantification, to correlate MRI derived lung water with intra-cardiac pressures and to determine its prognostic significance.