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Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging techniques, including echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear scintigraphy, provide valuable diagnostic and prognostic information in the management of clinical and experimental acute infectious myocarditis.
Cardiac imaging modalities such as echocardiography, MRI, and nuclear imaging serve as useful adjuncts in the diagnosis and management of infectious myocarditis in both clinical and experimental settings.
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Supports adjunctive multimodality imaging in suspected acute myocarditis; leaves open need for prospective validation and standardized protocols.
Acute myocarditis can be caused by a variety of organisms. Congestive heart failure and death may occur as a consequence of these infections. In recent years cardiac imaging, by echocardiography and magnetic resonance and nuclear imaging has become a useful adjunct in the diagnosis and management of infectious myocarditis. Specific examples of their usefulness will be given in the discussions of chagasic myocarditis, bacterial myocarditis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and peripartum cardiomyopathy. Finally, we explore the exciting area of cardiac imaging of small animals, such as mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi.
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Jamshid Shirani (2003) conducted a review in Acute infectious myocarditis. Cardiovascular imaging (Echocardiography, MRI, Nuclear imaging) was evaluated. Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging techniques, including echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear scintigraphy, provide valuable diagnostic and prognostic information in the management of clinical and experimental acute infectious myocarditis.
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