Identification of myocardial extracellular matrix expansion by cardiac MRI in hypertensive patients
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Background Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an important marker of adverse prognosis in cardiovascular disease and commonly occurs in association with hypertension. While late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) reflects myocardial replacement fibrosis in hypertensive patients, we hypothesized that the myocardial extracellular volume fraction (MECVF) would better reflect the presence and severity of myocardial fibrosis, including diffuse fibrosis, in hypertensive patients with LVH. We sought to measure the MECVF directly using T1 imaging preand post-contrast.
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دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011