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Figure 4 CMR in a Patient With Acute Myocarditis
(Upper panels) Diastolic (left) and systolic (right) frames of a cine study showing pericardial effusion (bright signal) and largely preserved systolic function. (Lower panels) T2-weighted (left) and post-contrast T1-weighted (late enhancement) (right) images showing lateral edema (arrows) and focal fibrosis typical for the nonischemic injury pattern of myocarditis (arrows) (see Online Video 3).
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