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The usefulness of echocardiography in the diagnosis of myocarditis in a young man after sudden cardiac arrest
Author(s) -
Sacharczuk Wioletta,
Dankowski Rafał,
Szyszka Andrzej
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.15019
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , cardiology , acute myocarditis , cardiac magnetic resonance , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , sudden cardiac death
The diagnosis of acute myocarditis (AM) remains challenging because of its diverse clinical manifestations. Thus, a wide range of diagnostic tests may be warranted. Although cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the preferred imaging technique, it may not be applicable in the acute AM phase. Our case report highlights the usefulness and diagnostic accuracy of echocardiographic examination. In the first 2‐dimensional echocardiography, the focal echobright was presented. A reduced value of global longitudinal strain and regional disturbances of segmental myocardial strain, both longitudinal and circumferential, in the epicardial layer, were detected with a good correlation with CMR results.