Rapid CMR is an international research collaboration project which has grown due to the contribution of various institutions and professionals (cardiologists, radiologists, technologists, physicists) involved with the practice of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance. To date experts involved are from different countries in Latin America (Argentina, Peru, Brazil), USA, South Africa and India and the UK, with the support of national and international universities, such as University College London, Barts Heart Centre Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital (UK) and the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (Outreach Committee, SCMR).
The main objective of this project is to ensure that patients from developing countries have similar access to Cardiac Magnetic Resonance studies, like any other person in the world, through the use of a faster, easier and cheaper protocol and maintaining the same diagnostic capacity and quality; with similar impact on patients’ management as the standard protocol.
The project is coordinated by Dr Katia Menacho, PhD Student at the Institute of Cardiovascular Science, UCL, Twitter: @Katia06576452
For more information on the project please visit the projec website: www.rapidcmr.com
e-mail: info@rapidcmr.com