Research Article

Incidental Extracardiac Findings and Their Characterization on Cardiac MRI

Table 1

Clinical indications for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging studies ().

Indication for CMRNumber of cases

Myocarditis/cardiomyopathies356 (47.9%)
Coronary artery assessment168 (22.6%)
Cardiac masses60 (8%)
Valvular disease56 (7.5%)
Congenital heart disease42 (5.6%)
Pericardial disease31 (4.2%)
Myocardial viability26 (3.5%)
Others3 (0.4%)