Prognosis in Myocarditis: Better Late Than (N)ever!

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¹ Department of Cardiology, Robert Bosch Medical Center, Stuttgart, Germany. Electronic address: heiko.mahrholdt@rbk.de.
² Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

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Heiko Mahrholdt et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.08.062.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Robert Bosch Medical Center, Stuttgart, Germany. Electronic address: heiko.mahrholdt@rbk.de.
² Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

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Keywords: cardiovascular magnetic resonance; late gadolinium enhancement; myocarditis; prognosis; tissue characterization.

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