Diagnostic accuracy of CMR in biopsy-proven acute myocarditis

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¹ Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Group, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and Charité Medical Faculty, and the Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Klinikum-Berlin, Clinic for Cardiology and Nephrology, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: jeanette.schulz-menger@charite.de.

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Jeanette Schulz-Menger. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Mar.

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. 2014 Mar;7(3):264-6.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.01.005.

¹ Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Group, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and Charité Medical Faculty, and the Department of Cardiology, HELIOS Klinikum-Berlin, Clinic for Cardiology and Nephrology, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: jeanette.schulz-menger@charite.de.

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Keywords: acute myocarditis; apoptosis; cardiac magnetic resonance; late gadolinium enhancement; necrosis.

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CMR sensitivity varies with clinical presentation and extent of cell necrosis in biopsy-proven acute myocarditis.
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