Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Human Myocarditis

Heiko Mahrholdt, Christine Goedecke, Anja Wagner, Gabriel Meinhardt, Anasthasios Athanasiadis, Holger Vogelsberg, Péter Fritz, Karin Klingel, Reinhard Kandolf, Udo Sechtem

Circulation · 2004 · 1K citations · 26 references

Abstract

Contrast enhancement is a frequent finding in the clinical setting of suspected myocarditis and is associated with active inflammation defined by histopathology. Myocarditis occurs predominantly in the lateral free wall. Contrast CMR is a valuable tool for the evaluation and monitoring of inflammatory heart disease.

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