Early Career & Professional Development - 02 - CMR Around the World (Joint with ASCI & EACVI)-How COVID-19 has Affected CMR Around the World

How COVID-19 has Affected CMR Around the World

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The speaker reviews how COVID-19 affected cardiovascular MRI (CMR) practice, especially in Italy. He explains that hospitalized patients often showed cardiac injury, myocarditis, or myocardial infarction, driven by viral toxicity, cytokine storm, and treatment-related effects. He describes CMR protocols developed to assess lung involvement, edema, myocardial damage, and pulmonary embolism, including a faster scan option for sicker patients. Clinical examples show myocarditis and infarction diagnosed by CMR. He also discusses reorganizing imaging services by triaging urgent, semi-urgent, and elective cases, protecting staff, and rescheduling safely during recovery.

Keywords

COVID-19

cardiovascular MRI

myocarditis

myocardial infarction

imaging triage