根據一項近期研究結果顯示，一種新型心臟核磁共振(MRI)掃描檢測技術能夠非侵入的檢測冠狀動脈阻塞，診斷結果高度精確。

位于美國馬薩諸塞州的麻省總醫院(MGH)和哈佛醫學院、巴西圣保羅Beneficencia Portuguesa醫院(Sao Paulo, Brazil)的研究人員對比了這種新型掃描檢測與當前作為診斷標準的冠狀動脈血管造影術，這是一項侵入性檢測方法。結果發現MRI的精確性高達88%。
 
Noninvasive Cardiac MRI Shows Blocked Arteries
 
A new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique can noninvasively reveal blockage of the coronary arteries with high diagnostic accuracy, according to a recent study.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, both based in Boston, MA, USA, and Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital (Sao Paulo, Brazil) compared their new imaging modality against the current diagnostic standard, coronary angiography, which is an invasive procedure. The MRI results provided an accuracy of 88%.