Open AccessCardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Myocarditis Reveals Persistent Disease Activity Despite Normalization of Cardiac Enzymes and Inflammatory Parameters at 3-Month Follow-Up
Author(s) -
Jan Berg,
Jan Kottwitz,
Nora Baltensperger,
Christine K. Kissel,
Marina Lovrinovic,
Tarun Mehra,
Frank Scherff,
Christian Schmied,
Christian Templin,
Thomas F. Lüscher,
Bettina Heidecker,
Robert Manka
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1941-3297
pISSN - 1941-3289
DOI - 10.1161/circheartfailure.117.004262
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac marker , creatine kinase , coronary artery disease , troponin , natriuretic peptide , myocardial infarction , radiology , heart failure
There is a major unmet need to identify high-risk patients in myocarditis. Although decreasing cardiac and inflammatory markers are commonly interpreted as resolving myocarditis, this assumption has not been confirmed as of today. We sought to evaluate whether routine laboratory parameters at diagnosis predict dynamic of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) as persistent LGE has been shown to be a risk marker in myocarditis.
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