Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with acute myocarditis and chronic inflammatory cardiomyopathy
Federico Caobelli, Jordi Broncano Cabrero, Nicola Galea, Philip Haaf, Christian Loewe, Julian A. Luetkens, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Marco Francone
Abstract
Advanced cardiac imaging techniques such as cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and positron emission tomography (PET) are widely used in clinical practice in patients with acute myocarditis and chronic inflammatory cardiomyopathies (I-CMP). We aimed to provide a review article with practical recommendations from the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR), in order to guide physicians in the use and interpretation of CMR and PET in clinical practice both for acute myocarditis and follow-up in chronic forms of I-CMP.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMyocarditisPositron emission tomographyMagnetic resonance imagingCardiac magnetic resonanceAcute myocarditisCardiomyopathyCardiac magnetic resonance imagingClinical PracticeCardiologyRadiologyCardiac PETInternal medicineHeart failurePhysical therapyViral Infections and Immunology ResearchPericarditis and Cardiac TamponadeCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics