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Review
. 2007 Dec;93(12):1520-7.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.067355. Epub 2006 Jun 6.

Cardiac magnetic resonance in myocardial disease

U Sechtem  1 , H Mahrholdt, H Vogelsberg
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Review

Cardiac magnetic resonance in myocardial disease

U Sechtem et al. Heart. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

For a number of patients it is difficult to diagnose the cause of cardiac disease. In such patients cardiac magnetic resonance is useful for helping to make a differential diagnosis between ischaemic and dilated cardiomyopathy; identifying patients with myocarditis; diagnosing cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis and Chagas' disease; identifying patients with unusual forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and those with continuing myocardial damage; and defining the sequelae of ablation treatment for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

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