| Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of human myocarditis: a comparison to histology and molecular pathology. | |
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PMID: 14993139 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Myocarditis can occasionally lead to sudden death and may progress to dilated cardiomyopathy in up to 10% of patients. Because the initial onset is difficult to recognize clinically and the diagnostic tools available are unsatisfactory, new strategies to diagnose myocarditis are needed. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cardiovascular MR imaging (CMR) was performed in 32 patients who were diagnosed with myocarditis by clinical criteria. To determine whether CMR visualizes areas of active myocarditis, endomyocardial biopsy was taken from the region of contrast enhancement and submitted to histopathologic analysis. Follow-up was performed 3 month later. Contrast enhancement was present in 28 patients (88%) and was usually seen with one or several foci in the myocardium. Foci were most frequently located in the lateral free wall. In the 21 patients in whom biopsy was obtained from the region of contrast enhancement, histopathologic analysis revealed active myocarditis in 19 patients (parvovirus B19, n=12; human herpes virus type 6 [HHV 6], n=5). Conversely, in the remaining 11 patients, in whom biopsy could not be taken from the region of contrast enhancement, active myocarditis was found in one case only (HHV6). At follow-up, the area of contrast enhancement decreased from 9+/-11% to 3+/-4% of left ventricular mass as the left ventricular ejection fraction improved from 47+/-19% to 60+/-10%. CONCLUSIONS: Contrast enhancement is a frequent finding in the clinical setting of suspected myocarditis and is associated with active inflammation defined by histopathology. Myocarditis occurs predominantly in the lateral free wall. Contrast CMR is a valuable tool for the evaluation and monitoring of inflammatory heart disease. |
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Authors:
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Heiko Mahrholdt; Christine Goedecke; Anja Wagner; Gabriel Meinhardt; Anasthasios Athanasiadis; Holger Vogelsberg; Peter Fritz; Karin Klingel; Reinhard Kandolf; Udo Sechtem |
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Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2004-03-01 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Circulation Volume: 109 ISSN: 1524-4539 ISO Abbreviation: Circulation Publication Date: 2004 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-03-16 Completed Date: 2004-06-28 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0147763 Medline TA: Circulation Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1250-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Division of Cardiology, Robert Bosch Medical Center, Stuttgart, Germany. heiko.mahrholdt@rbk.de |
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Adult Aged Biopsy Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis Contrast Media Disease Progression Electrocardiography Endocardium / pathology Female Gadolinium DTPA Heart Ventricles / pathology Herpesvirus 6, Human / isolation & purification Humans Incidental Findings Magnetic Resonance Imaging* Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine Male Middle Aged Myocarditis / complications, diagnosis*, pathology, virology Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis, pathology, virology Parvovirus B19, Human / isolation & purification Roseolovirus Infections / diagnosis, pathology, virology Single-Blind Method Stroke Volume |
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0/Contrast Media; 80529-93-7/Gadolinium DTPA |
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