Background: With multifaceted imaging capabilities, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is playing a progressively increasing role in the management of various cardiac conditions. A global registry that harmonizes data from international centers, with participation policies that aim to be open and inclusive of all CMR programs, can support future evidence-based growth in CMR.
Methods: The Global CMR Registry (GCMR) was established in 2013 under the auspices of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR). The GCMR team has developed a web-based data infrastructure, data use policy and participation agreement, data-harmonizing methods, and site-training tools based on results from an international survey of CMR programs.
Results: At present, 17 CMR programs have established a legal agreement to participate in GCMR, amongst them 10 have contributed CMR data, totaling 62,456 studies. There is currently a predominance of CMR centers with more than 10 years of experience (65%), and the majority are located in the United States (63%). The most common clinical indications for CMR have included assessment of cardiomyopathy (21%), myocardial viability (16%), stress CMR perfusion for chest pain syndromes (16%), and evaluation of etiology of arrhythmias or planning of electrophysiological studies (15%) with assessment of cardiomyopathy representing the most rapidly growing indication in the past decade. Most CMR studies involved the use of gadolinium-based contrast media (95%).
Conclusions: We present the goals, mission and vision, infrastructure, preliminary results, and challenges of the GCMR.
Citation： Kwong Raymond Y., Petersen Steffen E., Schulz-Menger Jeanette, Arai Andrew E., Bingham Scott E., Chen Yucheng, Choi Yuna L., Cury Ricardo C., Ferreira Vanessa M., Flamm Scott D., Steel Kevin, Bandettini W. Patricia, Martin Edward T., Nallamshetty Leelakrishna, Neubauer Stefan, Raman Subha V., Schelbert Erik B., Valeti Uma S., Cao Jie Jane, Reichek Nathaniel, Young Alistair A., Fexon Lyuba, Pivovarov Misha, Ferrari Victor A., Simonetti Orlando P.. The global cardiovascular magnetic resonance registry (GCMR) of the society for cardiovascular magnetic resonance (SCMR): its goals, rationale, data infrastructure, and current developments. West China medical Virtual Journal, 2000, 1(1): -. doi: 10.1186/s12968-016-0321-7 Copy