Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in the diagnosis of acute and chronic myocarditis

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 747-760

  Yilmaz, Ali ^a   Ferreira, Vanessa ^b   Klingel, Karin ^c   Kandolf, Reinhard ^c   Neubauer, Stefan ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR); Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB); Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; GADOLINIUM;

ACUTE MYOCARDITIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHRONIC MYOCARDITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART EDEMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDITIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84888203649     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-012-9356-5     Document Type: Article

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