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Giant cell myocarditis in the CMR era

Tora Leong, Joyce Wong, Alexandra Rice, Mamdouh Zidan, Andrew Hamilton, Ben Ariff, Ruth Chester, Shelley L. Rahman Haley, Andrew Kelion, Margaret Burke,

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2012 · 11 citations · 0 references

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MedicineCardiologyPathologyCardiothoracic RadiologyClinical CardiologyHistopathologyCardiac ImagingCardiovascular PathologyCardiac Mass EvaluationCardiac Mass ImagingGiant Cell LesionsLate Gadolinium Enhancement ImagingMyocardial MicrostructureMyocarditis HistopathologyMyocarditis Imaging

Abstract

Our series of 5 cases of histologically-proven Giant cell myocarditis with concurrent CMR shows a pattern of late gadolinium enhancement which tends to be widespread involving all layers of the myocardium.