Key result
Magnetic resonance imaging, particularly with gadolinium infusion, provides detailed anatomic, functional, and metabolic characterization of the heart in patients with Chagas' heart disease.
Why the study?
Does magnetic resonance imaging improve the assessment and diagnosis of active myocarditis in patients with Chagas' heart disease?
Does magnetic resonance imaging improve the assessment and diagnosis of active myocarditis in patients with Chagas' heart disease?
Cardiac MRI, particularly with gadolinium enhancement, is a promising non-invasive modality for detailed tissue characterization and detecting active myocarditis in Chagas' heart disease.
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May support non-invasive myocarditis assessment in Chagas disease; leaves open routine adoption pending prospective validation.
Many important aspects of Chagas' heart disease can be successfully assessed using magnetic resonance imaging of the heart. It is possible to obtain with great detail the anatomic characterization of the cardiac as well as important information of the functional or metabolic status of the heart. Magnetic resonance imaging after gadolinium infusion seems also a promising technique to obtain a better regional characterization of myocardial tissue, and may be important in the non-invasive diagnosis of active myocarditis in patients with Chagas' heart disease.
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Filho et al. (1995) conducted a review in Chagas' heart disease. Magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated. Magnetic resonance imaging, particularly with gadolinium infusion, provides detailed anatomic, functional, and metabolic characterization of the heart in patients with Chagas' heart disease.
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