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Strain analysis reveals subtle systolic dysfunction in confirmed and suspected myocarditis with normal LVEF. A cardiac magnetic resonance study.

Aldostefano PorcariM MerloL CroseraD StolfoG BarbatiF BiondiG De AngelisA PaldinoL PagnanM BelgranoM A CovaB PinamontiG VitrellaG Sinagra
Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2019)
Compared to STE, CMR-FT analysis provided a more comprehensive and complementary biventricular strain evaluation that resulted similar in "confirmed" and "suspected" AM with normal LVEF. Conversely, mostly biventricular GCS was significantly reduced in up to 20% of patients, compared to healthy controls.
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