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Towards understanding the phenotypes of myocardial involvement in the presence of self-limiting and sustained systemic inflammation: a magnetic resonance imaging study.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Mar 2010
Puntmann Valentina O, Taylor Peter C, Barr Andrew, Schnackenburg Bernhard, Jahnke Cosima, Paetsch Ingo
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the patterns of myocardial involvement in the presence of self-limiting and sustained systemic inflammation, using MRI. METHODS: Ninety-four subjects, with a clinical diagnosis of myocarditis (n = 36), RA (n = 24) and apparently healthy subjects (n = 34, control group), underwent standardized cardiac MRI protocol for the assessment of global and regional morphology and systolic function...
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