Dose T2-weighted short TI inversion recovery images on cardiac magnetic resonance reflect disease activity in cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis patients?
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Background Cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis (CIS) in progressed and advanced stage increases cardiac events and mortality of systemic sarcoidosis, so early diagnosis and determination of disease activity are needed for treating in CIS. However, evaluating disease activity of CIS remains a major challenge because no single diagnostic test has yet been established with a high accuracy. High signal intensity of T2-weighted short TI inversion recovery images (T2-STIR) on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) might be useful technique for investigating myocardial edematous tissue caused by inflammation.We investigated the relationship between high signal intensity of T2-STIR and disease activity in patients with CIS.
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