Association of Fibrosis With Mortality and Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

20131,151 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ankur Gulati · Royal Brompton Hospital

Andrew Jabbour · National Health Service

Tevfik F. Ismail · Imperial College London

Kaushik Guha · Imperial College London

Abstract

Assessment of midwall fibrosis with LGE-CMR imaging provided independent prognostic information beyond LVEF in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. The role of LGE-CMR in the risk stratification of dilated cardiomyopathy requires further investigation.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 309, Issue 9, pp. 896-896

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.1363

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