Detection of myocardial involvement of rheumatic heart disease with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.
While valvular involvement of rheumatic heart disease can be easily detected with conventional echocardiography by evaluating morphologic change of the valve, it still remains problematic to determine whether there is myocardial fibrosis after rheumatic fever and if yes, how much extent it involves. This case demonstrated that contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging could exactly detect and define the extent of myocardial fibrosis in a patient with rheumatic valvular heart disease by comparing surgically obtained tissue analysis.
Choi
Eui-Young
EY
Yoon
Se-Jung
SJ
Lim
Sang-Hyun
SH
Choi
Byoung-Wook
BW
Ha
Jong-Won
JW
Shin
Dong-Hwan
DH
Chung
Namsik
N
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
D003287:Contrast Media