Cardiac MRI after Sudden Cardiac Arrest in a Young Woman Prompts Diagnosis of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Cardiac MRI after Sudden Cardiac Arrest in a Young Woman Prompts Diagnosis of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Teaching Point: Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) predisposes to malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has important diagnostic value in demonstrating non-ischemic patterns of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE).

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nico Hustings, Valerie Van Ballaer, Leticia Barrios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Subjects:
cardiac mri
echocardiography
familial dilated cardiomyopathy
ventricular arrhythmia
sudden cardiac death
ttn gene mutation
late gadolinium enhancement
non-ischemic lge
myocardial fibrosis
Online Access:https://account.jbsr.be/index.php/up-j-jbsr/article/view/3064

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