Myocardial deformation measures by cardiac magnetic resonance tissue tracking in myocarditis: Relationship with systolic function and myocardial damage

Introduction and Objectives: Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)-based tissue tracking (TT) enables quantification of myocardial deformation and may be used as an objective measure of myocardial involvement in myocarditis. The aims of this study were to characterize myocardial deformation alterations i...

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Main Authors: Catarina Ruivo, Eduardo M. Vilela, Ricardo Ladeiras-Lopes, Rita Faria, Nuno Ferreira, Vasco Gama Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204920300416