T1 and T2 mapping cardiovascular magnetic resonance to monitor the course of myocarditis
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Background Myocarditis is a heterogeneous disease with a large spectrum of possible clinical courses ranging from complete healing to end stage heart failure. However, there is a lack of reliable prognostic factors to identify patients with an adverse outcome. T1 and T2 mapping are promising novel diagnostic cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) tools for a quantitative assessment of the dynamic tissue changes such as edema, necrosis and fibrosis during the course of myocarditis. Thus, we evaluated T1 and T2 mapping CMR for the evaluation of disease activity in patients with myocarditis.
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