Table 1.
Classification of ACM patients (n = 31) according to the current recommendations [12]
| ACM (n) | |
|---|---|
| Clinical presentation | |
| Acute chest pain | 23 |
| New-onset (days up to 3 months) or worsening of: dyspnoea at rest or exercise/fatigue, with or without left and/or right heart failure signs | 16 |
| Palpitations/arrhythmia symptoms/syncope/aborted sudden cardiac death | 18 |
| Cardiogenic shock | 1 |
| Diagnostic criteria | |
| ECG/Holter/stress test features | 31 |
| Elevated TnT/TnI | 26 |
| Functional and structural abnormalities on cardiac imaging (echo/angio/CMR) | 31 |
| Tissue characterization by CMR | |
| Visual edema (T2-weighted imaging) | 23 |
| T2-Ratio ≥1.9 [6, 22] | 25 |
| Early Enhancement Ratio (EGEr) >4 | 17 |
| Visual LGE of non ischemic pattern | 30 |
| Edema + EGEr positive | 1 |
| Edema + LGE positive | 9 |
| EGEr + LGE positive | 6 |
| 3 out of 3 criteria positive | 15 |
| Exclusion of CAD by coronary angiography | 31 |