Does cardiac magnetic resonance improve the diagnosis of pericarditis compared to clinical diagnostic criteria in patients evaluated for pericarditis?
CMR provides significant added diagnostic value over standard clinical criteria for identifying or excluding pericarditis, with CRP and pericardial effusion serving as useful predictors for positive CMR findings.
CMR reliably identifies pericardial inflammation in patients not meeting clinical criteria and excludes significant inflammation in a large proportion of patients with an initial clinical diagnosis. CRP level and the presence of pericardial effusion may help identify patients who are likely to have CMR evidence of pericarditis.
Hasslacher et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: