Abstract
Magnetic resonance is becoming an increasingly used examination in cardiology, since it greatly improves the accuracy of diagnosing of many heart diseases. At present magnetic resonance is the gold standard in assessing the volumaes of the heart chambers and the systolic function of both ventricles.
The possibility of detecting tissue characteristics to refine the diagnostics of different types of myocardial pathology is of essential importance. The authors summarize in the article the present knowladge about the use of magnetic resonance of the heart in the field of myocardial disease, i.e. cardiomyopathy and myocarditis.
In the first of this article, a general overview of cardiac ,agnetic resonance examination has been given, followed by detailed description of its usefulness in dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis, in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogetic right venticular cardiomyopathy. The second part of the review summarizes the benefits od cardiac magnetic resonance examination in cardiac amyloidosis and ther less common cardiomyopathies.