Detection of myocarditis using T1 and ECV mapping is not improved by early compared to late post-contrast imaging.
Magnus LundinPeder SörenssonLiya VishnevskayaEva MaretPeter KellmanAndreas SigfridssonMartin UganderPublished in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging (2019)
Quantitative evaluation by T1 mapping shows that early post-contrast imaging does not improve the detection of myocarditis compared to late post-contrast imaging. Focal myocardial abnormalities were more conspicuous late post-contrast.