Late enhancement detected by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocarditis mimicking acute myocardial infarction: Location patterns and lack of correlation with systolic function

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1029-1033

  Camastra, Giovanni S ^a   Cacciotti, Luca ^a   Marconi, Fabio ^a   Sbarbati, Stefano ^a   Pironi, Bruno ^a   Ansalone, Gerardo ^a  

^a 'Madre Giuseppina Vannini' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial infarction; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLE; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 38449087005     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3281053a83     Document Type: Article

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