How Should We Diagnose Myocarditis, and Is its Recognition Really Clinically Relevant?

How Should We Diagnose Myocarditis, and Is its Recognition Really Clinically Relevant?

[...]imaging protocols continue to evolve and vary between centers. [...]the "elephant in the room" remains the controversy about whether diagnosing acute lymphocytic myocarditis has any real clinical relevance in 2016 because there is no consensus about effective treatment options.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2016-04, Vol.67 (15), p.1812-1814
1. Verfasser: Dec, G. William, MD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accuracy
Biopsy
Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Edema
Endocardium
endomyocardial biopsy
extracellular volume
Genomes
Heart attacks
Heart failure
Humans
Inflammation
Internal Medicine
mapping
myocardial inflammation
Myocarditis - diagnosis
Myocardium
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:[...]imaging protocols continue to evolve and vary between centers. [...]the "elephant in the room" remains the controversy about whether diagnosing acute lymphocytic myocarditis has any real clinical relevance in 2016 because there is no consensus about effective treatment options.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2016.02.036