In-vivo T1 cardiovascular magnetic resonance study of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND: In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), autopsy studies revealed both increased focal and diffuse deposition of collagen fibers. Late gadolinium enhancement imaging (LGE) detects focal fibrosis, but is unable to depict interstitial fibrosis. We hypothesized that with T1 mapping, which is e...

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Autores principales: Brouwer, Wessel P, Baars, Emma N, Germans, Tjeerd, de Boer, Karin, Beek, Aernout M, van der Velden, Jolanda, van Rossum, Albert C, Hofman, Mark BM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24766828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-16-28