Prognostic and therapeutic implications of dipyridamole stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance on the basis of the ischaemic cascade

Abstract

Dypiridamole stress CMR is able to stratify risk on the basis of the ischaemic cascade. A small group of patients with severe ischaemia-simultaneous perfusion deficit and inducible wall motion abnormalities-are at the highest risk and benefit most from MACE reduction due to revascularisation.