Value of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Tako-Tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction.
We present gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) in Tako-Tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction showing the findings in acute phase and in follow-up. Gadolinium-enhanced CMRI allows to distinguish between myocardial infarction and other myocardial alterations, e.g., myocarditis. CMRI may thus permit to non-invasively identify patients with Tako-Tsubo syndrome by ruling out myocardial infarction or myocarditis in the setting of wall motion abnormalities (WMA).
Deetjen
Anja G
AG
Department of Cardiology/Cardiovascular Imaging, Kerckhoff-Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany. a.deetjen@kerckhoff-klinik.de
Conradi
Guido
G
Mollmann
Susanne
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Rad
Ali
A
Hamm
Christian W
CW
Dill
Thorsten
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