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Abstract
Echocardiography is considered the first line imaging modality in cases of MI. However, it has many drawbacks and cannot assess the extent of the myocardial scar. CMR is a rapidly growing, noninvasive imaging modality, that is designed to assess cardiac morphology, function, myocardial perfusion, tissue characterization and flow quantification. CMR is suitable for monitoring of treatment effect and follow-up of disease progress. Our study was including 50 patients with myocardial infarction (25 patients with AMI and 25 patients with CMI), 45(90%) were males and 5(10%) were females with an age range between 25-70 years with mean age 51.60 ± 9.906. The aim of our study was to highlight the role of CMR in the assessment of post-myocardial infarction patients. In our study, there was left ventricular dysfunction (high EDV, high ESV and low EF), left ventricular dilation as well as left atrial dilation was demonstrated in CMI patients in comparison to AMI patients. Severe LV dysfunction is a powerful independent predictor of poor clinical outcomes. Patients with a LVEF <40% have increased rates of mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events.