Inflammatory Episodes of Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy Masquerading as Myocarditis: Unique Features on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Jul;14(7):1466-1469. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.07.028. Epub 2020 Sep 16.

Authors

Reid Alley¹, John D Grizzard², Krishnasree Rao³, Roshanak Markley³, Cory R Trankle⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Electronic address: cory.trankle@vcuhealth.org.

PMID: 32950456
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.07.028

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Keywords: MRI; arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; desmoplakin mutation.

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MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies* / diagnostic imaging
Desmoplakins / genetics
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Myocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Predictive Value of Tests

Substances

Desmoplakins