CMR sensitivity varies with clinical presentation and extent of cell necrosis in biopsy-proven acute myocarditis

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-263

  Francone, Marco ^a   Chimenti, Cristina ^a,b   Galea, Nicola ^a   Scopelliti, Fernanda ^c   Verardo, Romina ^c   Galea, Roberto ^d   Carbone, Iacopo ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Fedele, Francesco ^a   Frustaci, Andrea ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute myocarditis; apoptosis; cardiac magnetic resonance; necrosis; viruses

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE MYOCARDITIS; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HEART MUSCLE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84896511020     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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