Carlos S. Restrepo MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Horacio Murillo MD, PhD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Daniel Vargas MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Daniel Ocazionez MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Santiago Martinez-Jimenez MD, Abstract Co-Author: Author, Amirsys, Inc

Ameya Jagadish Baxi MBBS, DMRD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. Recognize the imaging findings associated with infectious diseases of the endocardium, myocardium and pericardium. 2. Identify the most common cardiac and extracardiac complications resulting from cardiac infection. 3. Understand the strengths and limitations of the different imaging modalities available for the examination of patients with  cardiac infection.

Infections can involve all three layers of the heart, including the coronary arteries, and virtually all classes of infectious organisms can infect cardiac tissue. Since all the circulating blood passes through the heart the propensity of blood-borne infections to be carried to and from the heart is substantial. This review will cover: 1. Infective Endocarditis. Pathophysiology, Clinical and Imaging manifestations ( Cardiac Echo, CTA and MRI). 2. Infectious Myocarditis. Pathophysiology, Clinical and Imaging manifestations. MR delayed gadolinium enhancement. 3. Infectious Pericarditis. Acute and chronic pericarditis. CT and MRI imaging findings. 4. Mycotic coronary artery aneurysms. Pathophysiology and CTA imaging findings.

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Restrepo, C, Murillo, H, Vargas, D, Ocazionez, D, Martinez-Jimenez, S, Baxi, A, Infectious Diseases of the Heart: Pathophysiology, Clinical and Imaging Overview.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14008963.html