title: [The benefit of magnetic resonance for diagnosing cardiomyopathy and myocarditis].
abstract: Magnetic resonance is becoming an increasingly used examination in cardiology, since it greatly improves the accuracy of diagnosing of many heart diseases. At present magnetic resonance is the gold standard in assessing the volumes of the heart chambers and the systolic function of both ventricles. The possibility of detecting tissue characteristics to refine the diagnostics of different types of myocardial pathology is of essential importance. The authors summarize in the article the present knowledge about the use of magnetic resonance of the heart in the field of myocardial disease, i.e. cardiomyopathy and myocarditis. The first part of the review gives a general introduction into the topic of magnetic resonance examination of myocardial diseases, which is followed by a detailed descrip-tion of the benefits of this imaging method in dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis,in hypertrophic cardio-myopathy, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.Key words: fibrosis - cardiomyopathy - magnetic resonance - myocarditis - late contrast agent saturation.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fikrle
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuchynka
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mašek
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Podzimková
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuchař
authors.forename: Aleš
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Linhart
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paleček
mesh_terms: D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002309:Cardiology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003287:Contrast Media; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013599:Systole; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media