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Diagnostic performance of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with suspected acute myocarditis: comparison of different approaches

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A combined CMR approach using T2-weighted imaging, early and late gadolinium enhancement, provides a high diagnostic accuracy and is a useful tool in the diagnosis and assessment of patients with suspected acute myocarditis.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 2005-06-07 and is currently open access. It has received 724 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Magnetic resonance imaging & Myocarditis.

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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Nonischemic Myocardial Inflammation: Expert Recommendations.

TL;DR: This JACC Scientific Expert Panel provides consensus recommendations for an update of the cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) diagnostic criteria for myocardial inflammation in patients with suspected acute or active myocardian inflammation (Lake Louise Criteria) that include options to use parametric mapping techniques.
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Update on myocarditis.

TL;DR: There is some evidence that immunosuppressive and immunomodulating therapy are effective for chronic, virus-negative inflammatory cardiomyopathy, but further investigations by controlled, randomized studies are needed to definitively determine their role in the treatment of myocarditis.
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Differentiation of Heart Failure Related to Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Coronary Artery Disease Using Gadolinium-Enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

TL;DR: Gadolinium CMR is a powerful technique to distinguish DCM from LV dysfunction related to CAD and yields new insights in DCM, and may become a useful alternative to routine coronary angiography in the diagnostic workup of DCM.
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A clinical trial of immunosuppressive therapy for myocarditis

TL;DR: The results do not support routine treatment of myocarditis with immunosuppressive drugs, but long-term mortality was high and patients with a vigorous inflammatory response had less severe disease.
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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Human Myocarditis: A Comparison to Histology and Molecular Pathology

TL;DR: Contrast enhancement is a frequent finding in the clinical setting of suspected myocarditis and is associated with active inflammation defined by histopathology and is a valuable tool for the evaluation and monitoring of inflammatory heart disease.
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Visualisation of presence, location, and transmural extent of healed Q-wave and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction.

TL;DR: The presence, location, and transmural extent of healed Q-wave and non-Q-wave myocardial infarction can be accurately determined by contrast-enhanced MRI.
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