TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac Imaging in Myocarditis
T2 - Current Evidence and Future Directions
AU - Urzua Fresno, Camila
AU - Sanchez Tijmes, Felipe
AU - Shaw, Kirsten E.
AU - Huang, Flora
AU - Thavendiranathan, Paaladinesh
AU - Khullar, Sharmila
AU - Seidman, Michael A.
AU - Hanneman, Kate
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Myocarditis is defined as a non-ischemic inflammatory disease of the myocardium. It remains a challenge to diagnose given non-specific symptoms and lack of specific blood biomarkers. Cardiac imaging plays an important role in the evaluation of myocarditis with unique strengths and limitations of different imaging modalities, including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. The purpose of this review is to discuss the strengths and limitations of various cardiac imaging techniques in the evaluation of myocarditis, review imaging findings in specific causes of myocarditis including COVID-19 and after vaccination, evaluate the role of imaging in differentiating myocarditis from potential mimics and differential considerations, identify current gaps in knowledge, and propose future directions.
AB - Myocarditis is defined as a non-ischemic inflammatory disease of the myocardium. It remains a challenge to diagnose given non-specific symptoms and lack of specific blood biomarkers. Cardiac imaging plays an important role in the evaluation of myocarditis with unique strengths and limitations of different imaging modalities, including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, echocardiography, cardiac computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. The purpose of this review is to discuss the strengths and limitations of various cardiac imaging techniques in the evaluation of myocarditis, review imaging findings in specific causes of myocarditis including COVID-19 and after vaccination, evaluate the role of imaging in differentiating myocarditis from potential mimics and differential considerations, identify current gaps in knowledge, and propose future directions.
KW - cardiac magnetic resonance
KW - cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
KW - echocardiography
KW - myocarditis
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85135965875
U2 - 10.1177/08465371221119713
DO - 10.1177/08465371221119713
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36062360
AN - SCOPUS:85135965875
SN - 0846-5371
VL - 74
SP - 147
EP - 159
JO - Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
JF - Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
IS - 1
ER -
