Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle, diagnosed by histological, immunological, and immunohistochemical criteria. Endomyocardial biopsy represents the diagnostic gold standard for its diagnosis but is infrequently used. Due to its noninvasive ability to detect the presence of myocardial edema, hyperemia and necrosis/fibrosis, Cardiac MR imaging is routinely used in the clinical practice for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis. Recently pixel-wise mapping of T1 and T2 relaxation time have been introduced into the clinical Cardiac MR protocol increasing its accuracy. Our paper will review the role of MR imaging in the diagnosis of acute myocarditis.
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【저자키워드】 magnetic resonance imaging, myocarditis, Myocardial inflammation, cardiac MR, 【초록키워드】 protocol, diagnostic, Diagnosis, Endomyocardial biopsy, Accuracy, edema, Clinical practice, cardiac, noninvasive, criteria, heart muscle, gold standard, inflammatory disease, immunological, Myocardial, detect, diagnosed, introduced, histological,
【저자키워드】 magnetic resonance imaging, myocarditis, Myocardial inflammation, cardiac MR, 【초록키워드】 protocol, diagnostic, Diagnosis, Endomyocardial biopsy, Accuracy, edema, Clinical practice, cardiac, noninvasive, criteria, heart muscle, gold standard, inflammatory disease, immunological, Myocardial, detect, diagnosed, introduced, histological,