Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Myocarditis

• Published in: Diagnostics (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 399
• Main Authors: Polte, Christian L., Bobbio, Emanuele, Bollano, Entela, Bergh, Niklas, Polte, Christina, Himmelman, Jakob, Lagerstrand, Kerstin M., Gao, Sinsia A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 03.02.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndromes; Biomarkers; Biopsy; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical decision making; Clinical medicine; Etiology; Heart failure; Inflammation; inflammatory cardiomyopathy; Kardiologi och kardiovaskulära sjukdomar; magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Myocarditis; Review; Systemic diseases; Tomography; Viral infections; Working groups; inflammatory cardiomyopathy; magnetic resonance imaging; myocarditis
• ISSN: 2075-4418; 2075-4418
• DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12020399

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium, and its diagnosis remains challenging owing to a varying clinical presentation and broad spectrum of underlying aetiologies. In clinical practice, cardiovascular magnetic resonance has become an invaluable non-invasive imaging tool in the evaluation of patients with clinically suspected myocarditis, mainly thanks to its unique multiparametric tissue characterization ability. Although considered as useful, the method also has its limitations. This review aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the strengths and weaknesses of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnostic work-up of patients with clinically suspected myocarditis in a broad clinical context.