Serial cardiac MRI is valuable for identifying the inflammatory 'hot phase' of left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, aiding in its differentiation from acute myocarditis.
May prompt genetic evaluation in myocarditis-like presentations; hypothesis-generating for serial CMR in distinguishing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy hot phases.
We describe the case of a young man with an initial diagnosis of acute myocarditis that was finally recognized as a familial left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. The diagnostic process was also based on demonstration, serial cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and typical patterns of myocardial damage, including features of the disease's inflammatory "hot phase".
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