Sophie Mavrogeni, Georgia Karabela, Elias Gialafos, George Spiliotis, George Pentazos, Maria Mylona, Stelios Panopoulos, Sotirios Plastiras, Genovefa Kolovou, Efthymios Stavropoulos, Maria Boutsikou, George Kitas, Petros P Sfikakis
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the potential of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to answer queries, addressed in systemic autoimmune diseases (SAD). METHODS: Thirty-six patients aged 52±6 years, (range 27-71) with SAD and suspected cardiac disease underwent CMR by a 1.5 T, after routine evaluation, including clinical, ECG and echocardiographic examination. Steady-state, free precession cines, STIR T2-W and late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) images were evaluated. RESULTS: Abnormal findings were detected by: clinical evaluation in 14/36, ECG in 17/36, echocardiography in 11/36 and CMR in 30/36 SAD...
2014: Inflammation & Allergy Drug Targets