title: Cardiac magnetic resonance in myocardial disease.
abstract: For a number of patients it is difficult to diagnose the cause of cardiac disease. In such patients cardiac magnetic resonance is useful for helping to make a differential diagnosis between ischaemic and dilated cardiomyopathy; identifying patients with myocarditis; diagnosing cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis and Chagas' disease; identifying patients with unusual forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and those with continuing myocardial damage; and defining the sequelae of ablation treatment for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology and Pulmology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Auerbachstrasse 110, D-70376 Stuttgart, Germany. udo.sechtem@rbk.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sechtem
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahrholdt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vogelsberg
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D000795:Fabry Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D005682:Gadolinium; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium