Prediction of global left ventricular functional recovery in patients with heart failure undergoing surgical revascularisation, based on late gadolinium enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

<p>Background</p> <p>The new gold standard for myocardial viability assessment is late gadolinium enhancement-cardiovascular magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR); this technique has demonstrated that the transmural extent of scar predicts segmental functional recovery. We now asked how the...

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Principais autores: Karamitsos Theodoros D, Francis Jane M, Jennifer Joslin, Selvanayagam Joseph B, Pegg Tammy J, Dall'Armellina Erica, Smith Karen L, Taggart David P, Neubauer Stefan
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Elsevier 2010-10-01
coleção:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Acesso em linha:http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/12/1/56