The value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in myocarditis with different clinical presentation


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Objective: to assess the diagnostic meaning of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in various clinical forms of myocarditis. Materials and methods. 11 (8 men, mean age 32.8±11.1 years) patients (pts), hospitalized with suspected acute coronary syndrome, while an acute myocardial infarction was excluded during the examination (group I); 48 pts (31 men, 43.1±12.7 years), with clinical and instrumental signs of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) - group II; and 20 patients (12 men, 39.5±14 years), with episodes of ventricular tachycardia (group III) underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI). In 38 patients endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) was performed. Results and discussion. According to EMB, signs of active myocarditis were revealed in 10 (34.5%) group II pts and in 3 (37.5%) group III pts; signs of resolved myocarditis - in 8 (27.6%) patients in group II and in 3 (37.5%); minimal morphological changes - in 11 (37.9%) patients of group II and in 2 (25%) patients of group III. In 9 (81.9%) patients of group I MRI data allowed to establish the diagnosis of acute myocarditis. Signs of active inflammation from MRI data were detected in myocardium 5 (10.4%) in group II pts and 7 (35%) in group III pts. In 22 (45.8%) pts in group II and 10 (50%), CMR data corresponded to the picture of resolved myocarditis. In 21 (43.8%) cases of group II and 3 (15%) of group III, MRI revealed minimal structural changes. In pts with clinical and instrumental signs of DCM and/or ventricular tachycardia MRI allows to identify signs of "active myocarditis" with a sensitivity of 37.5% with a specificity of 83.4%. At the same time, in cases of resolved myocarditis and minimal morphological changes MRI has high sensitivity (70 and 71.5%) and specificity (71.5 and 75%, respectively). Conclusion. CMR has high diagnostic significance in patients with infarct-like course of myocarditis. In patients with clinical syndrome of dilated cardiomyopathy or arrhythmias, the sensitivity of MRI in detecting active myocarditis is low (37.5%) with high specificity (83.4%). In cases of minimal structural changes in the myocardium and resolved inflammation, CMR is a good alternative to EMB.

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O V Stukalova

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

к.м.н., с.н.с. отд. томографии НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; тел:. +7(910)405-37-11; ORCID: 0000-0001-8377-2388 Moscow, Russia

E M Gupalo

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

к.м.н., м.н.с. отд. клинической электрофизиологии и рентгенхирургических методов лечения нарушений ритма сердца НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID 0000-0002-0063-5474 Moscow, Russia

P V Chumachenko

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

к.м.н., с.н.с. лаб. патоморфологии сердечно-сосудистых заболеваний НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID 0000-0002-1162-6055 Moscow, Russia

A N Samko

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

д.м.н., проф., руководитель отд. рентгенэндоваскулярных методов диагностики и лечения НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0003-1808-3484 Moscow, Russia

E A Butorova

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

врач отд. томографии НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCHID: 0000-0001-9706-7049 Moscow, Russia

R M Shakhnovich

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

д.м.н., в.н.с. отд. неотложной кардиологии НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0002-0063-5474 Moscow, Russia

N A Mironova

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

к.м.н., с.н.с. отд. клинической электрофизиологии и рентгенохирургических методов лечения нарушений ритма сердца НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0002-2374-3718 Moscow, Russia

O Yu Narusov

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

к.м.н, с.н.с. отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0003-2960-0950 Moscow, Russia

A A Safiullina

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

к.м.н., м.н.с. отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0003-3483-4698 Moscow, Russia

S P Golitsyn

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

д.м.н., проф., руководитель отд. клинической электрофизиологии и рентгенхирургических методов лечения нарушений ритма сердца НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0001-9913-9974 Moscow, Russia

S K Ternovoy

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) of the Ministry of Health of Russia

д.м.н., академик РАН, проф., зав. каф. лучевой диагностики и лучевой терапии ФГАОУ ВО «Первый МГМУ им. И.М. Сеченова»; руководитель отд. томографии ИКК им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0003-4374-1063 Moscow, Russia

I E Chazova

A.L. Myasnikov Research Institute of Clinical Cardiology of National Medical Research Center of Cardiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

д.м.н., академик РАН, проф., руководитель отд. гипертонии, директор НИИ клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова ФГБУ «НМИЦ кардиологии»; ORCID: 0000-0002-9822-4357 Moscow, Russia

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