Why the study?
Diagnosis of acute myocarditis can be difficult due to variable clinical presentation.
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging improve the diagnosis of acute myocarditis?
Does cardiac magnetic resonance imaging improve the diagnosis of acute myocarditis?
This review highlights the emerging and pivotal role of advanced CMR techniques, such as T1 and T2 mapping, in the accurate diagnosis of acute myocarditis.
May refine noninvasive myocarditis diagnosis with quantitative CMR; leaves open prospective validation against biopsy.
Acute myocarditis is a disease affecting the myocardial tissue, which is caused by infections, rheumatic diseases, especially sarcoidosis, or certain therapies. Its diagnosis may be difficult, owing to its variable clinical presentation. In this setting, cardiac magnetic resonance plays a pivotal role in detecting myocardial inflammation through qualitative, semiquantitative, and quantitative parameters, in particular with the new quantitative techniques such as T1 and T2 mapping, combined or not with late gadolinium enhancement evaluation. This is in accordance with the revised Lake Louise criteria. In this review, the emerging role of the new cutting-edge cardiac magnetic resonance imaging techniques in diagnosing myocarditis is extensively presented.
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