Comparison of Ventricular Inducibility with Late Gadolinium Enhancement and Myocardial Inflammation in Endomyocardial Biopsy in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

Risk stratification of patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy remains a matter of debate in the era of device implantation.We investigated associations between histopathological findings, contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI and the inducibility of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or fibrillation (V...

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Main Authors: Karin A L Mueller, Christian Heck, David Heinzmann, Johannes Schwille, Karin Klingel, Reinhard Kandolf, Ulrich Kramer, Michael Gramlich, Tobias Geisler, Meinrad P Gawaz, Juergen Schreieck, Peter Seizer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5145174?pdf=render