"Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in assessing patients with chest pain, increased troponin levels and normal coronary arteries"

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2017 Sep-Oct;58(5):384-386. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.02.005. Epub 2017 Mar 23.

Authors

Sophie Mavrogeni¹, George Mertzanos², Charalampos Grassos², Nikos Kafkas², Georgia Karabela³, Constantina Aggeli⁴, Vasiliki Vartela⁵, Vasilios Voudris⁵, Genovefa Kolovou⁵

Affiliations

¹ Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: soma13@otenet.gr.
² Cardiac Clinic of KAT Hospital, Athens, Greece.
³ Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁵ Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 28343054
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.02.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; cardiovascular magnetic resonance; myocardial fibrosis; myocardial infarction; myocarditis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Chest Pain / blood
Chest Pain / diagnosis
Chest Pain / etiology*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / blood
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / complications
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
Troponin / blood*

Substances

Troponin