Key result
CMR guides diagnosis and prognosis for troponinemia-associated conditions including MI, myocarditis, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Why the study?
Troponin elevation is a nonspecific marker of myocardial damage that is frequently ordered, often leaving patients without a specific diagnosis.
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging improve diagnostic and prognostic evaluation in patients with troponinemia syndromes?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging improve diagnostic and prognostic evaluation in patients with troponinemia syndromes?
Cardiac MRI is a valuable diagnostic and prognostic tool for evaluating patients with elevated troponin levels without a specific diagnosis.
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Supports CMR in troponinemia evaluation; leaves open need for prospective trials before routine adoption.
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an evolving technology, proving to be a highly accurate tool for quantitative assessment. Most recently, it has been increasingly used in the diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of conditions involving an elevation in troponin or troponinemia. Although an elevation in troponin is a nonspecific marker of myocardial tissue damage, it is a frequently ordered investigation leaving many patients without a specific diagnosis. Fortunately, the advent of newer cardiac MRI protocols can provide additional information. In this review, we discuss several conditions associated with an elevation in troponin such as myocardial infarction, myocarditis, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, coronavirus disease 2019 related cardiac dysfunction and athlete's heart syndrome.
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Nguyen et al. (2022) conducted a review in Troponinemia syndromes. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) was evaluated. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging provides key diagnostic and prognostic information for evaluating conditions associated with troponinemia, including myocardial infarction, myocarditis, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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