The book provides an introduction to CMR imaging that is understandable and focused on the
relevant information needed to using CMR imaging in clinical practice. Cardiovascular magnetic
resonance (CMR) imaging has become an established imaging modality with an expanding range of
clinical indications. While in the past the availability of CMR imaging was limited to a few
specialist centres the method is becoming more widely available. Most clinicians therefore need
to have a general understanding of the diagnostic information that can be obtained from CMR
imaging the indications for referral as well as contraindications and limitations of the
method. For cardiologists and radiologists in particular CMR imaging will become a routine
diagnostic tool and training curricula in Cardiology or Radiology reflect this trend by
increasingly demanding training in CMR imaging.
