Table 3.

Fast and accelerated CMR protocol for comprehensive CMR assessment in suspected cardiac involvement of COVID-19

Assessment	Sequence	Comment
Function	CINE	Use acceleration (e.g. compressed sensing), limited number of acquisitions, acquisition after contrast injection/before LGE
Oedema	T1/T2 Mapping/T2 STIR	Mapping preferred to T2-STIR because of image quality, use limited representative SA slices for screening
Scar	3D-PSIR (SA)	LGE imaging after 6 min post contrast administration; adjust contrast media protocol
Thoracic	T2	One breath-hold sequences for lung pathology

SA : Short Axis