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CMR detects myocardial edema and scar to diagnose tubercular myocarditis in a VT patient.
Case Report (n=1)
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Cardiac MRI serves as a comprehensive and accurate non-invasive tool for evaluating morphological, functional, and tissue abnormalities in patients with myocarditis.
Cardiac MRI may aid diagnosis of tubercular myocarditis in young adults with ventricular tachycardia; single-case data leaves broader utility open.
Myocarditis is an important cause of sudden death in young adults where infectious diseases, in previously healthy patients, account for the majority of cases. Cardiac MR imaging offers an extremely versatile, comprehensive and accurate tool for evaluation of morphological and functional abnormalities, pericardial effusion, myocardial tissue characterization for myocardial edema, hyperemia and capillary leak by myocardial early gadolinium enhancement and necrosis and fibrosis by late gadolinium enhancement besides enabling non invasive follow up with significant inter-observer consistency, and quantitative accuracy.
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Mona Bhatia (2014) conducted a case report in Myocarditis (n=1). Cardiac MRI was evaluated. Cardiac MRI successfully identified myocardial edema and scar formation in a 29-year-old male with ventricular tachycardia, leading to a diagnosis of tubercular myocarditis.
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