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World J Cardiol. Jun 26, 2020; 12(6): 248-261
Published online Jun 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i6.248
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries patients: A review
Marco Gatti, Andrea Carisio, Tommaso D’Angelo, Fatemeh Darvizeh, Serena Dell’Aversana, Davide Tore, Maurizio Centonze, Riccardo Faletti
Marco Gatti, Andrea Carisio, Fatemeh Darvizeh, Davide Tore, Faletti Riccardo, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin 10126, Italy
Tommaso D’Angelo, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, “G. Martino” University Hospital Messina, Messina 98100, Italy
Serena Dell’Aversana, Department of advanced biomedical sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples 80138, Italy
Maurizio Centonze, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, APSS di Trento, Trento 38123, Italy
Author contributions: Gatti M, D’Angelo T and Dell’Aversana S were involved in conception and design of the study; Gatti M, Carisio A, D’Angelo T, Dell’Aversana S and Tore D involved in literature review, analysis and writing of the original draft; Darvizeh F was involved in writing of the original draft; Centonze M took part in supervision of the study; Faletti R took part in supervision of the study and is the guarantor of the study; All the authors worked together to editing, reviewing and final approval of article.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest associated with any of the senior author or other coauthors contributed their efforts in this manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Marco Gatti, MD, Doctor, Research Fellow, University of Turin, Department of Surgical Sciences, Radiology Unit, Via Genova 3, Turin 10126, Italy. marcogatti17@gmail.com
Received: February 28, 2020
Peer-review started: February 28, 2020
First decision: April 29, 2020
Revised: May 13, 2020
Accepted: May 30, 2020
Article in press: May 30, 2020
Published online: June 26, 2020
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Core Tip

Core tip: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) plays a key role in myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) patients. A CMR study protocol to evaluate MINOCA patients should include evaluation of cardiac structure and function and tissue characterization with evaluation myocardial injury. With this approach CMR could identify the cause of MINOCA in nearly two-third of patients (acute myocardial infarction, acute myocarditis, takotsubo syndrome and other causes) providing valuable information for clinical decision making and allows stratification of patients with worse outcome.