Stress Test Cardiac MRI

Cardiac MRI (CMR) is rarely performed in conjunction with stress testing in heart patients, but a large new study may change that. Researchers followed 9,151 patients in real-world settings with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) for up to 10 years following first vasodilator stress CMR. They found the use of stress CMR significantly improved the accuracy of mortality prediction. The study was published online in JAMA Cardiology