Lubna Alnatour, Ayham Mahmoud, Ameer Awashra, Jonathan Na, Mohammed Chamsi-Pasha
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Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-induced myocarditis is rare but carries a high morbidity and mortality rate. While cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is the first-line imaging modality to support diagnosis, the need for endomyocardial biopsy is needed in negative CMR cases.