Heart 2007;93:1520-1527
REVIEW
Cardiac magnetic resonance in myocardial disease
Division of Cardiology and Pulmology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Auerbachstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany
ProfessorDr U Sechtem, Division of Cardiology and Pulmology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Auerbachstrasse 110, D-70376 Stuttgart, Germany; udo.sechtem{at}rbk.de
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.
Abbreviations: CMR, cardiac magnetic resonance; DCM, dilated cardiomyopathy; EMB, endomyocardial biopsy; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; LGE, late gadolinium enhancement; LV, left ventricle; PVB19, parvovirus B19
Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; infiltrative cardiomyopathies; myocarditis; late gadolinium enhancement
![]()
CiteULike
Complore
Connotea
Del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
Technorati What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Esposito, A, De Cobelli, F, Perseghin, G, Pieroni, M, Belloni, E, Mellone, R, Canu, T, Gentinetta, F, Scifo, P, Chimenti, C, Frustaci, A, Luzi, L, Maseri, A, Maschio, A D.
(2009). Impaired left ventricular energy metabolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is related to the extension of fibrosis at delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Heart
95: 228-233
[Abstract] [Full Text]
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
