Abstract
Methods and results We screened 33 consecutive patients hospitalized with the clinical diagnosis of acute myocarditis. CMR with delayed-enhancement sequences was performed during the acute phase and at 3 months for 21 patients. LGE mass (in the acute phase) was measured and compared to left ventricular ejection fraction (EF), LV mass, LV end-diastolic volume and LV end-systolic volume, in the acute episode and at 3 months.
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Abstracts of the 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2010 Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1532-429X-11-S1-info
The aim of our study was to assess the value of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) quantification to predict left ventricular (LV) remodeling
ejection fraction (EF) significantly improves between the acute phase and 3 months later (52 ± 11.7% vs. 59.5 ± 9.1%, p < 0.01)
Summary
Abstracts of the 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2010 Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1532-429X-11-S1-info . Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a major tool for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis. CMR allows myocardial inflammation visualization, especially with the T2 weighted and the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) sequences. The aim of our study was to assess the value of LGE quantification to predict left ventricular (LV) remodeling
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