title: A noninvasive diagnostic tool to differentiate myocarditis from myocardial infarction: late gadolinium enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Center, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 46, Lausanne, Switzerland. Yvan.Mivelaz@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mivelaz
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sekarski
authors.forename: Salah Dine
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Qanadli
authors.forename: Erik Jan
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Meijboom
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Bernardo
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005682:Gadolinium