作者
Enrico Ammirati, Francesco Moroni, Paola Sormani, Angelica Peritore, Angela Milazzo, Giuseppina Quattrocchi, Manlio Cipriani, Fabrizio Oliva, Cristina Giannattasio, Maria Frigerio, Alberto Roghi, Paolo G Camici, Patrizia Pedrotti
发表日期
2017/3/15
期刊
International Journal of Cardiology
卷号
231
页码范围
216-221
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
The presence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has diagnostic and prognostic value in patients with acute myocarditis (AM). Aim of our study was to quantify the changes in LGE extension (LGE%) early after AM and evaluate its relations with biventricular function and morphology.
Methods
We investigated 76 consecutive patients with AM (acute onset of chest pain/heart failure/ventricular arrhythmias not explained by other causes, and raised troponin) that met CMR criteria based on myocardial oedema at T2-weighted images and LGE on post-contrast images at median time of 6 days from onset of symptoms. We quantified LGE% at baseline and after 148 days in 49 patients.
Results
Median left ventricular (LV)-ejection fraction (EF) was 64% (interquartile range [Q1–Q3]: 56–67%), and LGE% 9.4% (Q1–Q3: 7.5–13.2%). LGE% was correlated with LV end-systolic …
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