Publications by authors named "Eva-Maria Kispert"

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the long-term mortality in patients with viral myocarditis, and to establish the prognostic value of various clinical, functional, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) parameters.

Background: Long-term mortality of viral myocarditis, as well as potential risk factors for poor clinical outcome, are widely unknown.

Methods: A total of 222 consecutive patients with biopsy-proven viral myocarditis and CMR were enrolled.

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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging holds promise for diagnosing myocarditis in vivo. The CMR diagnosis of myocarditis is determined by the ventricular morphology/function, late gadolinium enhancement, and T(2)-weighted imaging for myocardial edema. However, in routine clinical practice, we encounter patients with suspected myocarditis in the absence of left ventricular dysfunction, myocardial edema, or late gadolinium enhancement.

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Objectives: We sought to establish the prognostic value of a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) examination in risk stratification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients.

Background: With annual mortality rates ranging between 1% and 5%, depending on patient selection, a small but significant number of HCM patients are at risk for an adverse event. Therefore, the identification of and prophylactic therapy (i.

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Background: Perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has a high sensitivity for the detection of significant coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the specificity of this method is lower than its sensitivity. The reason for this observation is hitherto unclear and has been either explained by 'false-positive' results or by microvascular dysfunction in patients without CAD.

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Objectives: We wanted to assess the value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) stress testing for evaluation of women with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).

Background: A combined perfusion and infarction CMR examination can accurately diagnose CAD in the clinical setting in a mixed gender population.

Methods: We prospectively enrolled 147 consecutive women with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of CAD at 2 centers (Duke University Medical Center, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus).

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