Magnetic resonance imaging in Chagas' heart disease
Many important aspects of Chagas' heart disease can be successfully assessed using magnetic resonance imaging of the heart. It is possible to obtain with great detail the anatomic characterization of the cardiac chambers as well as important information of the functional or metabolic status of the heart. Magnetic resonance imaging after gadolinium infusion seems also a promising technique to obtain a better regional characterization of myocardial tissue, and may be important in the non-invasive diagnosis of active myocarditis in patients with Chagas' heart disease.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM
1995
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801995000200022 |
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