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Fig. 5 | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Fig. 5

From: Non-invasive differentiation of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy with cardiac involvement from acute viral myocarditis using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging T1 and T2 mapping

Fig. 5

Schematic workflow in patients undergoing CMR for suspected myocarditis. The cutoffs in this study for myocardial inflammation were > 988 ms for native T1 and > 50 ms for T2 in the myocardium, while in the thoracic skeletal muscles, inflammation was best identified with a cutoff of < 431 ms for post contrast T1 and an ECV > 12%. Please note that cutoffs for mapping parameters might significantly vary between centers with different vendors, field strengths and acquisition parameters, so identification of normal values in healthy volunteers is recommended for each CMR magnet [29]. CMR = cardiovascular magnetic resonance; ECV = extracellular volume fraction; IIM = idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

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