Abstract
Background Acute myocarditis (AM) is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle. Clinical presentation and outcome are variable, ranging from asymptomatic to fulminant myocarditis (FM), presenting with decompensated heart failure or cardiogenic shock needing inotropic or mechanical circulatory support. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is increasingly employed in the diagnosis and follow-up (f.u.) of AM. We investigated the differences in functional parameters evaluated with CMR between patients (pts) presenting with FM versus non fulminant AM (NFM), at baseline and f.u.
Highlights
Acute myocarditis (AM) is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle
Fulminant versus non fulminant acute myocarditis: evolution of functional parameters evaluated with cardiac magnetic resonance
We investigated the differences in functional parameters evaluated with Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) between patients presenting with fulminant myocarditis (FM) versus non fulminant AM (NFM), at baseline and f.u
Summary
Acute myocarditis (AM) is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle. Clinical presentation and outcome are variable, ranging from asymptomatic to fulminant myocarditis (FM), presenting with decompensated heart failure or cardiogenic shock needing inotropic or mechanical circulatory support. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is increasingly employed in the diagnosis and follow-up (f.u.) of AM. We investigated the differences in functional parameters evaluated with CMR between patients (pts) presenting with FM versus non fulminant AM (NFM), at baseline and f.u
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