Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Detecting Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Inflammatory Disease: Focus on Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Obesity, and Systemic Sclerosis.

Chronic systemic inflammation is increasingly recognized as a key contributor to cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, and metabolic syndromes. Systemic inflammatory conditions share common pathophysiological pathways leading to myocardial injury, and biomarkers. However, these markers lack specificity and offer no information on localized myocardial damage, underscoring the need for advanced imaging biomarkers capable of detecting early cardiac involvement. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has emerged as a powerful and safe modality for comprehensive cardiac evaluation. This review summarizes the role of CMR in detecting cardiac involvement in systemic inflammatory diseases, focusing on inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, and systemic sclerosis.