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Does cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging provide a reliable non-invasive alternative to invasive biopsy for diagnosing myocarditis in clinically-stable patients?
Does cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging provide a reliable non-invasive alternative to invasive biopsy for diagnosing myocarditis in clinically-stable patients?
CMR with quantitative tissue characterization is a valuable non-invasive alternative to biopsy for diagnosing myocarditis in stable patients.
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May support non-invasive diagnosis in stable myocarditis; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Tissue characterisation capabilities are continuing to evolve and proving to be valuable in the non-invasive diagnosis of clinically-heterogeneous manifestations of myocarditis. The authors investigate how cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging offers an increasingly reliable alternative to invasive biopsy for clinically-stable patients, and how this tool - with further longitudinal study - will improve the overall understanding of the natural course of myocarditis.
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