Myocardial involvement and deformation abnormalities in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy assessed by CMR feature tracking.
Johannes KerstenAhmet Muhammed GülerogluAngela RosenbohmDominik BuckertAlbert Christian LudolphCarsten HackenbrochMeinrad BeerPeter BernhardtPublished in: The international journal of cardiovascular imaging (2020)
Cardiac involvement in IIM is frequent. Impairment of systolic and diastolic deformation parameters and a worsening over time can be observed. CMR is a useful tool for cardiac diagnostic work-up of these patients.