Early use of cardiac magnetic resonance reduces hospitalization time and costs in patients with acute myocarditis and preserved left ventricular function: a single center experience

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2011 Jul;12(7):493-7. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283470744.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Cost Savings
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Female
  • Hospital Costs*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Length of Stay / economics
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / economics*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis*
  • Myocarditis / economics
  • Myocarditis / physiopathology
  • Myocarditis / therapy
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Stroke Volume
  • Time Factors
  • Unnecessary Procedures / economics
  • Ventricular Function, Left*
  • Young Adult