Cardiac magnetic resonance perfusion imaging for the functional assessment of coronary artery disease: a comparison with coronary angiography and fractional flow reserve

Abstract

In contrast to earlier studies that compared CMRI with morphological examination (CA) alone, the present study compared CMRI with CA plus a standard invasive functional assessment (FFR) and demonstrated that CMRI is able to distinguish haemodynamically relevant from non-relevant coronary lesions with a high sensitivity and specificity and may therefore contribute to clinical decision-making.