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Myocardial inflammation
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Myocardial inflammation associated with myocarditis appears as a high intensity signal with delayed gadolinium hyperenhancement on cardiac MRI (cMRI). [1]. While the cMRI pattern of gadolinium hyperenhancement in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction is transmural and extends from the endocardium to the epicardium, the patchy, non-segmental hyperenhancement pattern in myocarditis in contrast involves the epicardium and spares the subendocardium[2].
References
References
- ↑ Abdel-Aty H, Boyé P, Zagrosek A, Wassmuth R, Kumar A, Messroghli D; et al. (2005). “Diagnostic performance of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with suspected acute myocarditis: comparison of different approaches”. J Am Coll Cardiol. 45 (11): 1815–22. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2004.11.069. PMID 15936612.
- ↑ Skouri HN, Dec GW, Friedrich MG, Cooper LT (2006). “Noninvasive imaging in myocarditis”. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 48 (10): 2085–93. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2006.08.017. PMID 17112998.
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