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... resonance imaging assessment of myocardial inflammation in 132 unselected, consecutive patients with clinical suspicion of acute or chronic myocarditis-are we as ...
P Lurz, J Murawski, J Steiner... - Journal of ..., 2011 - ... PMCID: PMC3106468. Copyright 2011 Lurz et al; licensee Bio Med Central Ltd. Magnetic
resonance imaging assessment of myocardial inflammation in 132 unselected, consecutive
patients with clinical suspicion of acute or chronic myocarditis - are we as good as we thought? ...
All patients underwent left ventricular EMB, cardiac catheterization for exclusion of coronary artery disease, and MRI on a 1.5 Tesla scanner (Intera, CV, Philips Medical Systems). Imaging protocols included T2-weighted imaging for calculation of the edema ratio (ER), T1-weighted imaging before and after contrast agent administration for calculation of the global relative enhancement (g RE) and assessment of late enhancement (LE) for detection of myocardial necrosis, scarring or fibrosis. Assessment and interpretation ER, g RE, and LE were performed according to the JACC White myocarditis consensus paper. MRI imaging results were considered to be consistent with the diagnosis of myocarditis if 2 out of 3 (ER, g RE, LE) of the MRI criteria were positive.
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