Native T1 in discrimination of acute and convalescent stages in patients with clinical diagnosis of myocarditis: a proposed diagnostic algorithm using CMR

• Published in: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 37 - 46
• Main Authors: Hinojar, Rocio, Foote, Lucy, Arroyo Ucar, Eduardo, Jackson, Thomas, Jabbour, Andrew, Yu, Chung-Yao, McCrohon, Jane, Higgins, David M, Carr-White, Gerry, Mayr, Manuel, Nagel, Eike, Puntmann, Valentina O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2015
• Subjects: Algorithms; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Myocarditis - diagnosis; Myocardium; Prospective Studies; Virus Diseases - diagnosis; native T1; cardiac magnetic resonance; myocarditis; T1 mapping

This study investigated whether T1 mapping by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) reflects the clinical evolution of disease in myocarditis and supports its diagnosis independently of the disease stages. Acute viral myocarditis is characterized by a range of intracellular changes due to viral replicati...