Detection and Monitoring of Acute Myocarditis Applying Quantitative Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance [Cardiomyopathies]

Conclusions—
Although both T2 and T1 mapping reliably detected acute myocarditis, only T2 mapping discriminated between acute and healed stages, underlining the incremental value of T2 mapping.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - February 16, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, F., Schuler, J., Doganguzel, S., Dieringer, M. A., Rudolph, A., Greiser, A., Kellman, P., Schulz-Menger, J. Tags: Inflammatory Heart Disease Cardiomyopathies Source Type: research