Identifying myocardial injuries in “normal-appearing” myocardium in pediatric patients with clinically suspected myocarditis using mapping techniques

Background Mapping techniques using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging have significantly improved the diagnostic accuracy for myocarditis with focal myocardial injuries. The aim of our study was to determine whether T1 and T2 mapping techniques could identify diffuse myocardial injuries in “normal-...

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Main Authors: Haipeng Wang, Bin Zhao, Huan Yang, Tianyi Qian, Bo Han, Haipeng Jia, Jing An, Junyu Zhao, Ximing Wang, Cuiyan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/10252.pdf