Cardiac MRI in evaluation and management of pediatric pericarditis

Evaluation of pediatric pericarditis depends on the physical examination, electrocardiography and echocardiography. However, a multimodality imaging approach which includes cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been adopted in the adult population. The use of such an approach in the pediatric population has not been studied well.

Source: Progress in Pediatric Cardiology - May 13, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Shankar Baskar, Jorge Betancor, Kunal Patel, Malek El Yaman, Paul C. Cremer, Andrew S. Zeft, Allan L. Klein Source Type: research