An MRI can help your doctor diagnose many different heart conditions, including:
Tissue damage from a heart attack
Reduced blood flow in the heart muscle to help determine whether heart artery blockages are the cause of your chest pain (angina)
Problems in the aorta—the heart’s main artery—such as a tear, aneurysm (bulge), or narrowing
Diseases of the pericardium (outer lining of the heart muscle) such as constrictive pericarditis
Heart muscle diseases, such as heart failure or enlargement of the heart, and abnormal growths such as cancerous tumors
Heart valve disorders, such as regurgitation
Congenital heart problems and the success of surgical repair