HIGHER QUANTITATIVE PERICARDIAL DELAYED HYPERENHANCEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT PERICARDITIS AFTER A YEAR OF MEDICAL THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENT RELAPSES

Baseline quantitative pericardial delayed hyperenhancement (DHE) on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) predicts clinical course in recurrent pericarditis (RP). We hypothesized that patients who continue to have higher DHE even after a year of medical therapy have frequent relapses. Clinical