Cardiac MRI and Myocardial Injury in COVID-19: Diagnosis, Risk Stratification and Prognosis
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Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Diagnostics 2021, 11(1), 130; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010130
Received: 25 November 2020
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Revised: 11 January 2021
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Accepted: 11 January 2021
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Published: 15 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Role of Imaging Modalities in the Evaluation of Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy)
Myocardial injury is a common complication of the COVID-19 illness and is associated with a worsened prognosis. Systemic hyperinflammation seen in the advanced stage of COVID-19 likely contributes to myocardial injury. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is the preferred imaging modality for non-invasive evaluation in acute myocarditis, enabling risk stratification and prognostication. Modified scanning protocols in the pandemic setting reduce risk of exposure while providing critical data regarding cardiac tissue inflammation and fibrosis, chamber remodeling, and contractile function. The growing use of CMR in clinical practice to assess myocardial injury will improve understanding of the acute and chronic sequelae of myocardial inflammation from various pathological etiologies.
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Keywords:
COVID-19; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR); myocardial inflammation; cytokine storm
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Sanghvi, S.K.; Schwarzman, L.S.; Nazir, N.T. Cardiac MRI and Myocardial Injury in COVID-19: Diagnosis, Risk Stratification and Prognosis. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010130
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Sanghvi SK, Schwarzman LS, Nazir NT. Cardiac MRI and Myocardial Injury in COVID-19: Diagnosis, Risk Stratification and Prognosis. Diagnostics. 2021; 11(1):130. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010130
Chicago/Turabian StyleSanghvi, Saagar K., Logan S. Schwarzman, and Noreen T. Nazir. 2021. "Cardiac MRI and Myocardial Injury in COVID-19: Diagnosis, Risk Stratification and Prognosis" Diagnostics 11, no. 1: 130. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11010130
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