Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocarditis: a comparison of different measurement approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Myocardial T1 and T2 mapping are reliable diagnostic markers for the detection and follow up of acute myocarditis. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of current mapping measurement approaches to differentiate between myocarditis patients and healthy individuals.

Methods

Fifty patients with clinically defined acute myocarditis and 30 healthy controls underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Myocardial T1 relaxation times, T2 relaxation times, left ventricular (LV) function, T2 ratio, early gadolinium enhancement ratio, and presence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) were analysed. Native T1 and T2 relaxation times, as well as extracellular volume fraction (ECV) were measured for the entire LV myocardium (global), within the

SUBMITTER: Dabir D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714458 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature