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Editorial
. 2021 May;14(5):943-946.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.11.022. Epub 2021 Jan 13.

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Transforming From Supplementary to Primary Imaging Modality?

Edward A Hulten  1 , Andrew J Bradley  2
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Editorial

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Transforming From Supplementary to Primary Imaging Modality?

Edward A Hulten et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: CMR; cardiac MRI; meta-analysis; prognosis; pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Hulten has been a volunteer consultant for the Defense Health Agency and Department of Defense Cardiovascular Clinical and Imaging workgroups; has been a volunteer with the Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Cardiac MRI, and Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging; and has been a member of the editorial board for ACC Cardiosmart, SCMR Case of the Week, and Atherosclerosis.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Fryback and Thornbury hierarchy of diagnostic tests.
The Fryback Thornbury hierarchy for evidence based diagnostic tests states that test validation progresses from initial demonstration of technical efficacy to eventually socio-economic benefit (cost-effectiveness). Reprinted with permission (10)
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