Relationship between clinical features and the diagnostic value of CMR tissue characterisation in patients with clinically suspected myocarditis
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Background Myocarditis can present with acute coronary syndromelike (ACS) symptoms, new-onset heart failure (NOHF) or life threatening arrhythmias (LTA) with various ECG and laboratory test abnormalities. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) tissue characterization using Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) and T2 weighted (T2W) imaging is the non-invasive diagnostic tool of choice. The relationship between the clinical features of myocarditis and the diagnostic value of CMR however is unclear.
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