Diagnostic implications of magnetic resonance feature tracking derived myocardial strain parameters in acute myocarditis

The defined cut-offs for LVCirStrain and BasalRVCirSR allow a prediction of ACM with high sensitivity and specificity, even in patients with preserved EF and in patients with otherwise completely inconspicuous CMR. Our results point to a discriminative power especially of RV strain analysis in the CMR-based diagnosis of ACM.