Report from the First International Conjoint Conference on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Echocardiography1
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MARCEL DEKKER, INC. ⢠270 MADISON AVENUE ⢠NEW YORK, NY 10016 ©2002 Marcel Dekker, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be used or reproduced in any form without the express written permission of Marcel Dekker, Inc. JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCEw Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 515â520, 2002 SPECIAL REPORT Report from the First International Conjoint Conference on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Echocardiography* Samuel A. Wickline,1,** David J. Sahn,2 Richard Kerber,3 Nathaniel Reichek,4 and Dudley J. Pennell5 1 2 Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 3 University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 4 St. Francis Hospital, New York, New York 5 Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Uinted Kingdom INTRODUCTION Since the advent of cardiac nuclear imaging and echocardiography more than 50 years ago, noninvasive imaging has become an indispensable adjunct to modern cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy. However, despite the unparalleled diagnostic power, convenience, and efï¬ciency offered by such technologies, the associated incremental costs are subject to continued intense scrutiny by funding agencies interested in reducing the inexorable inï¬ation of health care reimbursements. As a relative newcomer to the arena of noninvasive cardiac imaging, Cardiac Magnetic