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August 9, 2014Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging76 citationsOpen Access

Diagnostic Concordance of Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance–Based Tissue Tracking for Differentiating Constrictive Pericarditis From Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

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MAMakoto AmakiJSJohn A. SavinoDADavid L. Ain

Structured PICO

Does CMR-based tissue tracking provide comparable diagnostic information to echocardiography tissue tracking for differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy?

P
Population
Patients being evaluated for differentiating constrictive pericarditis (CP) from restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM)
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Intervention
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR)-based tissue tracking
C
Comparator
Echocardiography tissue tracking
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Outcome
Diagnostic concordance and information for differentiating CP from RCMsurrogate

CMR and echocardiography tissue tracking provide comparable diagnostic utility for differentiating constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy.

Abstract

CMR and echocardiography tissue tracking-derived left ventricular mechanics provide comparable diagnostic information for differentiating CP from RCM.

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Amaki et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cff87247485ca0e310d8b1https://doi.org/10.1161/circimaging.114.002103
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