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. 2019 Jul 24;19:57. doi: 10.1186/s12880-019-0358-9

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Fig. 1 — Example of an 18-year-old male patient with severe myocarditis. Native sequences: T2w dark blood (top row) and native T1 mapping in short axis (middle row) and 4 chamber view (lower row) at acute state,8 and 16 weeks follow up exam (columns from left to right). Highest T1 relaxation time in this patient was 4 standard deviations above values of volunteers and well above our threshold in acute state and within normal range at follow-up. It is of note that T2w imaging appears to be normal due to inflammatory involvement of the whole heart. Even the ratio of myocardium and skeleton muscle signal intensity was normal as a result of accompanying myositis