Characteristics and Prognostic Importance of Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Assessed by Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

INTRODUCTION: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI (CE-CMR) can detect potentially prognostic myocardial fibrosis in DCM. We investigated the role of CE-CMR in New Zealand patients with DCM, both Maori and non-Maori, inclu...

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Autores principales: Looi, Jen-Li, Edwards, Colin, Armstrong, Guy P., Scott, Anthony, Patel, Hitesh, Hart, Hamish, Christiansen, Jonathan P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2010
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3018894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234292
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S5900

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