Echocardiography in inflammatory heart disease: A comparison of giant cell myocarditis, cardiac sarcoidosis, and acute non-fulminant myocarditis

Echocardiography in inflammatory heart disease: A comparison of giant cell myocarditis, cardiac sarcoidosis, and acute non-fulminant myocarditis

Background: Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) and cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) are, in contrast to acute non-fulminant myocarditis (ANFM), rare inflammatory diseases of the myocardium with poor prognosis. Although echocardiography is the first-line diagnostic tool in these patients, their echocardiographic a...

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Main Authors: Emanuele Bobbio, Johanna Amundsen, Anders Oldfors, Entela Bollano, Niklas Bergh, Marie Björkenstam, Marco Astengo, Kristjan Karason, Sinsia A. Gao, Christian L. Polte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Subjects:
Myocarditis
Giant cell myocarditis
Cardiac sarcoidosis
Inflammatory heart disease
Echocardiography
Right ventricular dysfunction
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906723000337

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