What does this research mean for the field?

Gated cardiac MRI with Gd-DTPA enhancement accurately detects and localizes the severity and precise regions of myocardial damage in patients with secondary cardiomyopathies. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

December 1, 1993Angiology

Precise Assessment of Myocardial Damage Associated with Secondary Cardiomyopathies by Use of Gd-DTPA-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Why the study?

Does Gd-DTPA-enhanced MRI detect myocardial damage in patients with secondary cardiomyopathies?

Population

5 patients with secondary cardiomyopathies

Comparison

Gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic… vs Pre-contrast MRI

Design

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Authors

HMHiroshi MatsuokaFujita Health University MHMareomi HamadaUwajima City Hospital THToshio HondaHoshi University

Discussion

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Implication

May support Gd-DTPA MRI for detecting myocardial damage in secondary cardiomyopathies; leaves open validation before clinical adoption.

Structured PICO

Does Gd-DTPA-enhanced MRI detect myocardial damage in patients with secondary cardiomyopathies?

Population

5 patients with secondary cardiomyopathies (2 with cardiac amyloidosis, 2 with acute myocarditis, 1 with cardiac thyrotoxicosis)

Intervention

Gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 1.5-T using a spin echo pulse sequence before and after intravenous administration of Gd-DTPA (0.2 mmol/kg)

Comparator

Pre-contrast MRI

Outcome

Detection of severity and precise regions of myocardial damagesurrogate

Gated cardiac MRI with Gd-DTPA enhancement is a useful imaging modality for detecting and localizing myocardial damage in secondary cardiomyopathies.

Cite This Study

Matsuoka et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1dfee249e88a0d41606e19 https://doi.org/10.1177/000331979304401204

Topics

Myocarditis Cardiac amyloidosis Cardiomyopathy

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