The relative atrial volume ratio and late gadolinium enhancement provide additive information to differentiate constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND: The differentiation of constrictive pericarditis (CP) from restrictive cariomyopathy (RCM) is often difficult. This study sought to determine the clinical utility of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) for differentiating both these disorders. METHODS: Twenty-three patients w...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Huaibing, Zhao, Shihua, Jiang, Shiliang, Lu, Minjie, Yan, Chaowu, Ling, Jian, Zhang, Yan, Liu, Qiong, Ma, Ning, Yin, Gang, Jerecic, Renate, He, Zuoxiang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21349202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-15

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