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Evaluation of Spectral Cardiac CT for the Diagnosis of Acute Myocarditis

NCT02905721 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 136

Last updated 2022-07-06

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Summary

Spectral cardiac CT scan performed in an emergency setting in patients with suspected acute myocarditis and presenting one selves with an acute chest pain, allows the non-invasive assessment of both the coronary arteries and the myocardium. Delayed iodine contrast-enhanced CT imaging should show the inflamed area with an increased uptake of iodine contrast agent in the interstitial space, such as the well-known hypersignal seen on the myocardial delayed enhancement sequence with MRI (corresponding of an uptake of gadolinium contrast agent in the abnormal myocardium).

This technique has the potential to replace MRI, thus allowing the diagnosis of acute myocarditis with a rapid and easily accessible technique. Moreover, it has the additional benefit of avoiding invasive coronary angiography in the specific population of patients without any significant risk factors of atheromatous disease.

Conditions

  • Patients With Suspected Acute Myocarditis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Spectral cardiac CT scan

Cardiac CT scan : acquisition using the spectral mode imaging in order to identify inflammatory areas of the myocardium on the iodine map imaging.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Phalla OU, MD PhD · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-11
Primary Completion
2022-10-10
Completion
2023-04-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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