Improved Detection of Myocardial Involvement in Acute Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies Using T2 Mapping
Why the study?
Does quantitative T2 mapping improve the detection of myocardial involvement in patients with acute inflammatory cardiomyopathies compared to conventional T2-weighted imaging?
Population
30 patients with suspected myocarditis or tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy referred for cardiac magnetic resonance…
Comparison
Quantitative T2 mapping vs Conventional T2-weighted short tau inversion…
Design
Cross-sectional, Reviewer defining involved and remote myocardial segments was…
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Discussion
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Implication
May support T2 mapping for myocardial involvement detection in acute inflammatory cardiomyopathies; leaves open prospective validation versus conventional imaging.
Structured PICO
Does quantitative T2 mapping improve the detection of myocardial involvement in patients with acute inflammatory cardiomyopathies compared to conventional T2-weighted imaging?
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Population
30 patients with suspected myocarditis or tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTCM) referred for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging who met established diagnostic criteria, and healthy controls
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Intervention
Quantitative T2 mapping
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Comparator
Conventional T2-weighted short tau inversion recovery imaging, T2-prepared steady-state-free precession, wall motion abnormalities, and late gadolinium enhancement
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Outcome
T2 values in involved versus remote myocardial segmentssurrogate
Quantitative T2 mapping provides superior detection and delineation of myocardial involvement in acute inflammatory cardiomyopathies compared to conventional T2-weighted imaging techniques.
Cite This Study
Thavendiranathan et al. (2011) studied this question.