| Delayed gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with chronic myocarditis presenting with heart failure or recurrent arrhythmias. | |
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PMID: 16631005 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the effectiveness of contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CE-CMR) in detecting chronic myocarditis (CM). BACKGROUND: Chronic myocarditis represents a common evolution of acute myocarditis. Although CE-CMR has been revealed to be effective in identifying areas of myocardial damage in acute myocarditis, its role in the diagnosis of chronic myocardial inflammation has not yet been investigated. METHODS: Twenty-three patients with CM underwent CE-CMR and endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). Chronic myocarditis was defined by the presence of: 1) chronic (>6 months) heart failure symptoms and/or repetitive ventricular arrhythmias; 2) no history of recent flu-like symptoms or infections; and 3) histologic evidence of active myocarditis (AM) or borderline myocarditis (BM) according to Dallas criteria. Contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance included black-blood T2-weighted (BBT2w) images without and with fat saturation and delayed three-dimensional T1 turbo field-echo inversion-recovery sequences obtained 15 min after gadolinium injection. RESULTS: Histology showed AM in 14 patients and BM in 9 patients. FatSat BBT2w revealed the presence of edema in five (36%) patients with AM but not in BM patients. Areas of late enhancement (LE) were observed in 12 (84%) subjects with AM and in 4 (44%) cases with BM. A mid-wall LE pattern was the most frequent finding in both groups while a subepicardial distribution of LE was observed only in patients with AM. CONCLUSIONS: Contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance identified areas of myocardial inflammation in up to 70% of patients with biopsy-proven CM. We suggest that CE-CMR may be a useful non-invasive diagnostic tool in patients with CM, and it may indicate and even guide the execution of left ventricular EMB with relevant prognostic and therapeutic implications. |
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Authors:
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Francesco De Cobelli; Maurizio Pieroni; Antonio Esposito; Cristina Chimenti; Elena Belloni; Renata Mellone; Tamara Canu; Gianluca Perseghin; Carlo Gaudio; Attilio Maseri; Andrea Frustaci; Alessandro Del Maschio |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article Date: 2006-03-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Volume: 47 ISSN: 1558-3597 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Publication Date: 2006 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-04-24 Completed Date: 2006-05-17 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8301365 Medline TA: J Am Coll Cardiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1649-54 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Radiology Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. francesco.decobelli@hsr.it |
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Adult Aged Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology* Cardiac Output, Low / etiology* Chronic Disease Drug Administration Schedule Female Gadolinium / administration & dosage, diagnostic use* Genome, Viral Heart Catheterization Humans Image Enhancement* Magnetic Resonance Angiography Male Middle Aged Myocarditis / complications*, diagnosis*, pathology, virology Myocardium / pathology Recurrence Severity of Illness Index |
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7440-54-2/Gadolinium |
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