Myocarditis: imaging up to date.
Radiol Med
; 125(11): 1124-1134, 2020 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-911932
ABSTRACT
Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle, diagnosed by histological, immunological, and immunohistochemical criteria. Endomyocardial biopsy represents the diagnostic gold standard for its diagnosis but is infrequently used. Due to its noninvasive ability to detect the presence of myocardial edema, hyperemia and necrosis/fibrosis, Cardiac MR imaging is routinely used in the clinical practice for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis. Recently pixel-wise mapping of T1 and T2 relaxation time have been introduced into the clinical Cardiac MR protocol increasing its accuracy. Our paper will review the role of MR imaging in the diagnosis of acute myocarditis.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Endocardium
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Cardiac Imaging Techniques
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Myocarditis
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Radiol Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S11547-020-01279-8
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