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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Echocardiography]] in patients with [[myocarditis]] allows for serial assessment of left ventricular dysfunction.<ref name="pmid10898439">{{cite journal| author=Felker GM, Boehmer JP, Hruban RH, Hutchins GM, Kasper EK, Baughman KL et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2000 | volume= 36 | issue= 1 | pages= 227-32 | pmid=10898439 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10898439 ; }} </ref>.
[[Echocardiography]] in patients with [[myocarditis]] allows for serial assessment of [[left ventricular dysfunction]] and can be used to distinguish [[fulminant]] (non-dilated [[hypocontractile left ventricle]] with thick [[interventricular septum]]) from acute myocarditis (dilated [[hypocontractile left ventricle]] with normal [[interventricular septum]]).


==Echocardiography==
==Echocardiography==
Echocardiographic findings in myocardits include:
[[Cardiac function curve|Cardiac function]] may be monitored via [[Echocardiograms|serial echocardiograms]]. In general, [[left ventricular function]] improves in [[fulminant myocarditis]] over a course of approximately 6 months.  [[Echocardiographic]] findings in [[myocarditis]] include:<ref name="pmid10898439">{{cite journal| author=Felker GM, Boehmer JP, Hruban RH, Hutchins GM, Kasper EK, Baughman KL et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2000 | volume= 36 | issue= 1 | pages= 227-32 | pmid=10898439 | doi= | pmc= | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10898439  }} </ref><ref name="pmid3400607">{{cite journal| author=Pinamonti B, Alberti E, Cigalotto A, Dreas L, Salvi A, Silvestri F et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in myocarditis. | journal=Am J Cardiol | year= 1988 | volume= 62 | issue= 4 | pages= 285-91 | pmid=3400607 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid8296760">{{cite journal| author=James KB, Lee K, Thomas JD, Hobbs RE, Rincon G, Bott-Silverman C et al.| title=Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in lymphocytic myocarditis as assessed by Doppler echocardiography. | journal=Am J Cardiol | year= 1994 | volume= 73 | issue= 4 | pages= 282-5 | pmid=8296760 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid8682119">{{cite journal| author=Lieback E, Hardouin I, Meyer R, Bellach J, Hetzer R| title=Clinical value of echocardiographic tissue characterization in the diagnosis of myocarditis. | journal=Eur Heart J | year= 1996 | volume= 17 | issue= 1 | pages= 135-42 | pmid=8682119 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>
*Wall motion abnormalities<ref name="pmid3400607">{{cite journal| author=Pinamonti B, Alberti E, Cigalotto A, Dreas L, Salvi A, Silvestri F et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in myocarditis. | journal=Am J Cardiol | year= 1988 | volume= 62 | issue= 4 | pages= 285-91 | pmid=3400607 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>.
*Wall motion [[abnormalities]]
*[[Systolic dysfunction]]<ref name="pmid3400607">{{cite journal| author=Pinamonti B, Alberti E, Cigalotto A, Dreas L, Salvi A, Silvestri F et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in myocarditis. | journal=Am J Cardiol | year= 1988 | volume= 62 | issue= 4 | pages= 285-91 | pmid=3400607 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref><ref name="pmid6711435">{{cite journal| author=Nieminen MS, Heikkilä J, Karjalainen J| title=Echocardiography in acute infectious myocarditis: relation to clinical and electrocardiographic findings. | journal=Am J Cardiol | year= 1984 | volume= 53 | issue= 9 | pages= 1331-7 | pmid=6711435 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6711435  }} </ref>.
*[[Systolic dysfunction]]
*[[Diastolic dysfunction]]<ref name="pmid8296760">{{cite journal| author=James KB, Lee K, Thomas JD, Hobbs RE, Rincon G, Bott-Silverman C et al.| title=Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in lymphocytic myocarditis as assessed by Doppler echocardiography. | journal=Am J Cardiol | year= 1994 | volume= 73 | issue= 4 | pages= 282-5 | pmid=8296760 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>.
*[[Diastolic dysfunction]]
*Changes in image texture on echocardiogram, i.e. increase in brightness, heterogeneity, and contrast<ref name="pmid8682119">{{cite journal| author=Lieback E, Hardouin I, Meyer R, Bellach J, Hetzer R| title=Clinical value of echocardiographic tissue characterization in the diagnosis of myocarditis. | journal=Eur Heart J | year= 1996 | volume= 17 | issue= 1 | pages= 135-42 | pmid=8682119 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref>.
*Changes in [[image]] texture on [[echocardiogram]], i.e. increase in brightness, heterogeneity, and [[contrast]]
*Fulminant myocarditis appears as a non-dilated, thickened and hypocontractile left ventricle with increased septal thickness while, acute myocarditis is associated with marked left ventricular dilation, normal septal thickness and decreased ventricular function<ref name="pmid10898439">{{cite journal| author=Felker GM, Boehmer JP, Hruban RH, Hutchins GM, Kasper EK, Baughman KL et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2000 | volume= 36 | issue= 1 | pages= 227-32 | pmid=10898439 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10898439  }} </ref>.
*[[Pericardial effusion]] may be noted in few patients
*[[Pericardial effusion]] may be noted in few patients.
*Functional [[regurgitation]] through the [[Atrioventricular valves|AV valves]] may be noted due to [[ventricular dilation]]
*Functional regurgitation through the AV valves may be noted in patients with dilated ventricles.
 
*Cardiac function may be monitored via serial echocardiograms. In genearl, left ventricular function improves in fulminant myocarditis over a course of approximately 6 months<ref name="pmid10898439">{{cite journal| author=Felker GM, Boehmer JP, Hruban RH, Hutchins GM, Kasper EK, Baughman KL et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2000 | volume= 36 | issue= 1 | pages= 227-32 | pmid=10898439 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10898439  }} </ref>.
===Fulminant Versus Acute Myocarditis on Echocardiography===
[[Fulminant myocarditis]] appears as a [[Dilated cardiomyopathy|non-dilated]], thickened and hypocontractile [[left ventricle]] with increased [[septal]] thickness while, [[acute myocarditis]] is associated with marked [[left ventricular dilation]], normal [[septal]] thickness, and decreased [[ventricular function]].<ref name="pmid10898439">{{cite journal| author=Felker GM, Boehmer JP, Hruban RH, Hutchins GM, Kasper EK, Baughman KL et al.| title=Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2000 | volume= 36 | issue= 1 | pages= 227-32 | pmid=10898439 | doi= | pmc= | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10898439  }} </ref>


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Varun Kumar M.B.B.S.; Maliha Shakil, M.D. [2]

Overview

Echocardiography in patients with myocarditis allows for serial assessment of left ventricular dysfunction and can be used to distinguish fulminant (non-dilated hypocontractile left ventricle with thick interventricular septum) from acute myocarditis (dilated hypocontractile left ventricle with normal interventricular septum).

Echocardiography

Cardiac function may be monitored via serial echocardiograms. In general, left ventricular function improves in fulminant myocarditis over a course of approximately 6 months. Echocardiographic findings in myocarditis include:[1][2][3][4]

Fulminant Versus Acute Myocarditis on Echocardiography

Fulminant myocarditis appears as a non-dilated, thickened and hypocontractile left ventricle with increased septal thickness while, acute myocarditis is associated with marked left ventricular dilation, normal septal thickness, and decreased ventricular function.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Felker GM, Boehmer JP, Hruban RH, Hutchins GM, Kasper EK, Baughman KL; et al. (2000). "Echocardiographic findings in fulminant and acute myocarditis". J Am Coll Cardiol. 36 (1): 227–32. PMID 10898439. Unknown parameter |http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom= ignored (help)
  2. Pinamonti B, Alberti E, Cigalotto A, Dreas L, Salvi A, Silvestri F; et al. (1988). "Echocardiographic findings in myocarditis". Am J Cardiol. 62 (4): 285–91. PMID 3400607.
  3. James KB, Lee K, Thomas JD, Hobbs RE, Rincon G, Bott-Silverman C; et al. (1994). "Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in lymphocytic myocarditis as assessed by Doppler echocardiography". Am J Cardiol. 73 (4): 282–5. PMID 8296760.
  4. Lieback E, Hardouin I, Meyer R, Bellach J, Hetzer R (1996). "Clinical value of echocardiographic tissue characterization in the diagnosis of myocarditis". Eur Heart J. 17 (1): 135–42. PMID 8682119.


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