Prevalence of fat by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging stratified by age in 940 patients referred for evaluation of arrhythmogenic (rv) dysplasia
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Background cMRI is frequently used to assess right ventricular (RV) morphology and function in patients with suspected ARVD and is the gold standard for fatty metaplasia amongst all non-invasive imaging tests. However, the incidence and severity of RV fatty infiltration by cMRI is not well defined. Here, stratified by age, we investigate the prevalence and severity of RV fat infiltration in a large population undergoing dedicated imaging for fat detection.
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