Key result
Layer-specific longitudinal speckle tracking analysis successfully suspected acute myocarditis by detecting preferential alteration of subepicardial deformation, which was confirmed by cardiac MRI.
Why the study?
Can layer-specific 2D longitudinal speckle tracking analysis identify acute myocarditis in a patient presenting with acute chest pain?
Case Report (n=1)
Can layer-specific 2D longitudinal speckle tracking analysis identify acute myocarditis in a patient presenting with acute chest pain?
Layer-specific 2D longitudinal speckle tracking analysis may be useful in suspecting acute myocarditis by detecting subepicardial deformation alterations that correlate with cardiac MRI findings.
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Layer-specific strain may raise myocarditis suspicion when subepicardial deformation is altered; single case leaves open diagnostic utility.
Mini‐Abstract This is a report of a 34‐year‐old patient presenting with acute chest pain, whose diagnosis of acute myocarditis was suspected by layer‐specific longitudinal speckle tracking analysis, showing preferential alteration of subepicardial deformation in the left ventricular lateral wall, and confirmed by cardiac MRI showing late gadolinium enhancement in the subepicardium of the same LV segments.
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Caspar et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Acute myocarditis (n=1). Layer-specific 2D longitudinal speckle tracking analysis was evaluated on Diagnosis of acute myocarditis. Layer-specific longitudinal speckle tracking analysis successfully suspected acute myocarditis by detecting preferential alteration of subepicardial deformation, which was confirmed by cardiac MRI.
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