Late Gadolinium Enhancement Amount as an Independent Risk Factor for the Incidence of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Stage C or D Heart Failure

Late Gadolinium Enhancement Amount as an Independent Risk Factor for the Incidence of Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Stage C or D Heart Failure

Background Myocardial fibrosis (MF) is a risk factor for poor prognosis in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) of the myocardium on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) represents MF. We examined whether the LGE amount increases the incidence of adverse cardiovascular events...

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Main Authors: Tong Liu, Xiaohai Ma, Wei Liu, Shukuan Ling, Lei Zhao, Lei Xu, Deli Song, Jie Liu, Zhonghua Sun, Zhanming Fan, Taiyang luo, Junping Kang, Xiaohui Liu, Jianzeng Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
Heart Failure
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
prognosis
late gadolinium enhancement
Adverse cardiovascular events
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2016.00484/full

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