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Dr Ravi Assomull
Cardiologist London – Dr Ravi Assomull
How is myocarditis diagnosed?
Myocarditis is diagnosed through a combination of symptoms, blood tests and advanced imaging. In this video, Dr Ravi Assomull, a Private Cardiologist in London, explains how ECGs, inflammatory markers and cardiac MRI confirm the diagnosis.
Transcript
Myocarditis is diagnosed on the clinical history, so symptoms such as chest pain, palpitations, potentially preceded by a viral infection of some sort, and a combination of tests including an ECG blood test which will include markers of inflammation such as troponin, high sensitivity CRP, and critically a cardiac MRI which shows potential inflammation of the heart muscle