Key result
In a 17-year-old man with diffuse giant cell myocarditis, cardiac magnetic resonance demonstrated three different patterns of focal linear delayed enhancement corresponding to highly infiltrated areas.
Population
1 17-year-old man with severe global biventricular dysfunction (LVEF 10%) and diffuse giant cell myocarditis.
Comparison
Cardiac magnetic resonance with gadolinium… vs Histopathology of the explanted heart
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
2 years
Authors
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Severe biventricular failure with minimal troponin rise can occur without viral prodrome in adolescents; leaves open atypical myocarditis presentations for prospective study.
Case Report (n=1)
CMR delayed enhancement imaging can identify distinct focal patterns that correlate with areas of dense lymphocytic and giant cell infiltration in giant cell myocarditis.
Azarine et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Diffuse giant cell myocarditis (n=1). Cardiac magnetic resonance was evaluated. In a 17-year-old man with diffuse giant cell myocarditis, cardiac magnetic resonance demonstrated three different patterns of focal linear delayed enhancement corresponding to highly infiltrated areas.
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