A noninvasive diagnostic tool to differentiate myocarditis from myocardial infarction: late gadolinium enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance.


Autoria(s): Mivelaz Y.; Sekarski N.; Qanadli S.D.; Meijboom E.J.; Di Bernardo S.
Data(s)

2007

Resumo

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.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_2875F6AFC143

isbn:0340-6199 (Print)

pmid:17089086

doi:10.1007/s00431-006-0328-4

isiid:000248187100014

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

European Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 166, no. 9, pp. 971-972

Palavras-Chave #Child; Diagnosis, Differential; Electrocardiography; Gadolinium/diagnostic use; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine/methods; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/diagnostic use; Male; Myocardial Infarction/radionuclide imaging; Myocarditis/pathology; Myocarditis/radionuclide imaging
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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