Effectiveness of delayed enhanced MRI for identification of cardiac sarcoidosis: comparison with radionuclide imaging.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of delayed enhanced MRI for detecting cardiac sarcoidosis and to clarify the relationship between the findings of MRI and those of radionuclide imaging.


CONCLUSIONS
Delayed enhanced MRI is considered a useful method for the early identification of cardiac sarcoidosis. Delayed hyperenhancement is frequently associated with a reduction of regional wall motion and thallium-201 perfusion defects.
Department of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoinkawahara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. et@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Eiji
E
Tadamura
Masaki
M
Yamamuro
Shigeto
S
Kubo
Shotaro
S
Kanao
Tsuneo
T
Saga
Masaki
M
Harada
Muneo
M
Ohba
Ryohei
R
Hosokawa
Takeshi
T
Kimura
Toru
T
Kita
Kaori
K
Togashi
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes