Cardiac MRI Findings in Male Patients with Acute Myocarditis in the Presence or Absence of COVID-19 Vaccination.
Yash R PatelNishant R ShahKristin LombardiSaurabh AgarwalPhinnara HasRootu PatelAthena PoppasMichael K AtalayPublished in: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging (2022)
By comparing phenotypic clinical characteristics and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) findings in 14 patients with COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-associated myocarditis to 14 patients with acute myocarditis from other causes, we found that patients with COVID-19 vaccination- associated acute myocarditis have higher left ventricular ejection fraction, higher left ventricular global circumferential and radial strain, and less involvement of late gadolinium enhancement in the septal segments with less involvement of midmyocardial pattern of late gadolinium enhancement, compared to patients with acute myocarditis from other causes.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- heart failure
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- magnetic resonance imaging
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- liver failure
- intensive care unit
- hepatitis b virus
- drug induced
- respiratory failure
- atrial fibrillation
- diffusion weighted imaging
- mechanical ventilation