T1-mapping provides superior diagnostic accuracy than late gadolinium enhancement imaging in patients with acute myocarditis

Int J Cardiol. 2018 Apr 15:257:341. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.11.107.

Authors

Michael Spartalis¹, Eleni Tzatzaki², Ilias P Doulamis³, Eleftherios Spartalis³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: msparta@med.uoa.gr.
² Division of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
³ Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 29506727
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.11.107

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute myocarditis; CMR; LGE; Late gadolinium enhancement; T1-mapping.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Contrast Media
Edema, Cardiac
Gadolinium*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Myocarditis*
Myocardium

Substances

Contrast Media
Gadolinium