[Contribution of cardiac MRI in the etiologic diagnosis of chest pain syndrome with a normal angiographic aspect of the coronary arteries]

G Leurent; B Langella; D Boulmier; A Larralde; E Donal; M Bedossa; H Le Breton

doi:10.1016/j.ancard.2008.02.002

[Contribution of cardiac MRI in the etiologic diagnosis of chest pain syndrome with a normal angiographic aspect of the coronary arteries]

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2008 Apr;57(2):109-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ancard.2008.02.002. Epub 2008 Mar 18.

[Article in French]

Authors

G Leurent¹, B Langella, D Boulmier, A Larralde, E Donal, M Bedossa, H Le Breton

Affiliation

¹ Département de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires, centre cardiopneumologique, CHU Pontchaillou, 2, rue Henri-Le-Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex, France. guillaume.leurent@chu-rennes.fr

PMID: 18394586
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancard.2008.02.002

Abstract

The etiologic diagnosis of chest pain with elevation of specific cardiac enzymes, repolarization abnormalities and a normal angiographic aspect of the coronary arteries is difficult. In this situation, the role of cardiac MRI is growing, frequently allowing to precise the etiology of the chest pain. We present a literature review concerning the semiology of the cardiac MRI in the three main involved etiologies: myocarditis, takotsubo syndrome, and myocardial ischemia with a normal angiographic aspect of the coronary arteries.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Chest Pain / etiology*
Coronary Angiography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
Myocarditis / diagnosis*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*