About the Scan - Heart and Vascular MR Angiography

SMIL offers a heart and vascular MR Angiography (MRA) which takes images of the blood vessels in the body to identify cardiovascular diseases and abnormal vascular anatomy.

Other conditions that can be examined or determined during a heart and vascular MR angiography include:

• An aneurysm or weakness in the wall of an artery.
• A narrowing of the aorta, or aortic coarctation.
• Bleeding in and along the wall of the aorta
• Evidence of stroke
• Signs of heart disease
• Diagnose other cardiovascular diseases
• Inflammation of blood vessels, called vasculitis

Learn more about how to prepare for a heart and vascular MR angiography scan in the preparations for heart and vascular MR- angiography section.

Find out if a heart and vascular MR angiography scan is right for you in the benefits and risks of heart and vascular MR angiography section.

For a downloadable/printable PDF about this exam with preparation instructions click here.