T1 Mapping for the diagnosis of acute myocarditis using CMR: Comparison to T2-Weighted and late gadolinium enhanced imaging

Objectives This study sought to test the diagnostic performance of native T1 mapping in acute myocarditis compared with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques such as dark-blood T2-weighted (T2W)-CMR, bright-blood T2W-CMR, and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging. Background The diagnosis...

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Main Authors: Ferreira, V, Piechnik, S, Dall'Armellina, E, Karamitsos, T, Francis, J, Ntusi, N, Holloway, C, Choudhury, R, Kardos, A, Robson, M, Friedrich, MG, Neubauer, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013