Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
AUTOR(ES)
Wilson, James M.
RESUMO
Myocardial fibrosis can occur in patients who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the absence of epicardial coronary disease. In such patients, myocardial fibrosis has been linked to a poorer prognosis than in those without fibrosis. Gadolinium-DTPA delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (de-MRI) accurately identifies regions of myocardial fibrosis. We used de-MRI to screen for myocardial fibrosis in 8 patients with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that had been diagnosed by 2-dimensional echocardiography.
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