Why the study?
The characteristics of late gadolinium enhancement assessed by CMR imaging in patients with giant cell myocarditis needed to be demonstrated.
What are the characteristics of late gadolinium enhancement on CMR in patients with giant cell myocarditis?
Design
Retrospective study and case report review
Authors
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LGE patterns may raise GCM suspicion on CMR; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical use.
What are the characteristics of late gadolinium enhancement on CMR in patients with giant cell myocarditis?
Extensive LGE affecting both LV and RV walls, including subendocardial LGE, is common in giant cell myocarditis, with vulnerable areas being the right-sided septum, subepicardial anterior wall, and subendocardial RV wall.
Yang et al. (2021) studied this question.
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