A noninvasive diagnostic tool to differentiate myocarditis from myocardial infarction: late gadolinium enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance.
Studies in adults have shown that late gadolinium enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance is a safe and noninvasive diagnostic tool which allows one to differentiate myocardial infarction from myocarditis. We believe that it may also be highly useful in the paediatric population for the same purpose.
Mivelaz
Yvan
Y
Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Center, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 46, Lausanne, Switzerland. Yvan.Mivelaz@chuv.ch
Sekarski
Nicole
N
Qanadli
Salah Dine
SD
Meijboom
Erik Jan
EJ
Di Bernardo
Stefano
S
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005682:Gadolinium