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'''Cardiac [[MRI]]''' (sometimes called CMR) is an infrequently used modality in the evaluation of heart disease. It's mostly used for the evaluation of myocardium, either in case of [[myocarditis]] or evaluation of complications of [[acute myocardial infarction]]. It can measure ejection fraction and volume of the myocardium, among other parametres.
'''Cardiac [[MRI]]''' (sometimes called CMR) is an infrequently used modality in the evaluation of heart disease. It's mostly used for the evaluation of myocardium, either in case of [[myocarditis]] or evaluation of complications of [[acute myocardial infarction]]. It can measure ejection fraction and volume of the myocardium, among other parametres.


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Cardiac MRI can be “coupled” to an [[ECG]] so that it only takes pictures during the same part of the cardiac cycle. This reduces noise made from movement of the heart.<noinclude>
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