Ferreira et alJoumal of CardiovascularJoumal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance2023)2521http5/dol.org/10.1186s12968-023-00933-0Magnetic ResonanceREVIEWOpen AccessCardiovascular magnetic resonancefor evaluation of cardiac involvementin COVID-19:recommendations by the Societyfor Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceVanessa M.Ferreira',Sven Plein2,Timothy C.Wong3,Qian Tao,Zahra Raisi-Estabraghs,Supriya S.Jain,Yuchi Han',Vineeta Ojha,David A.Bluemke,Kate Hanneman10,Jonathan Weinsaft11,Mahesh K.Vidula12,Ntobeko A.B.Ntusi3,Jeanette Schulz-Menger14.15 and Jiwon KimAbstractCoronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is an ongoing global pandemic that has affected nearly 600 million people todate across the world.While COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory illness,cardiac injury is also known to occur.Cardiovas-cular magnetic resonance(CMR)imaging is uniquely capable of characterizing myocardial tissue properties in-vivo,enabling insights into the pattern and degree of cardiac injury.The reported prevalence of myocardial involvementidentified by CMR in the context of COVID-19 infection among previously hospitalized patients ranges from 26 to60%.Variations in the reported prevalence of myocardial involvement may result from differing patient populations(e.g.differences in severity of illness)and the varying intervals between acute infection and CMR evaluation.Standard-ized methodologies in image acquisition,analysis,interpretation,and reporting of CMR abnormalities across wouldCorrespondence:Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and EndovascularJiwon KimInterventions,All India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi,Indiajik9027@med.comelleduDepartment of Radiology,University of Wisconsin School of MedicineUniversity of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research(OCMR),Oxford British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence,orom CoUruyThe National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Researchof Toronto,Toronto,CanadaCentre at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,DivisionDepartment of Medicine,Division of Cardiology,Weill Cor nellof Cardiovascular Medicine,Radcliffe Department of Medicine,UniversityMedicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital,Weill Comnell Medical Collegeof Oxford,Oxford,UKNew York USADepartment of Biomedical Imaging Science,University of Leeds,LeedsDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine,University of Pennsylvania,UKPhiladelphia,USADivision of Cardiology,Department of Medicine,University of PittsburghDivision of Cardiology,Department of Medicine,University of CapeSchool of Medicine,Pittsburgh,USATown and Groote Schuur Hospital:Cape Heart Institute,UniversityDepartment of Imaging Physics,Delft University of Technolgy,Delft,of Cape Town South African Medical Research Council Extramural UnitThe NetherlandsOn Intersection of Noncommunicable Diseases and Infectious Diseases,5William Harvey Research Institute,NIHR Barts Biomedical ResearchCape Town,South AfricaCentre,Queen Mary University of London,Charterhouse Square,Worki
