Journal article
Detección y cuantificación de la fibrosis miocárdica en la miocardiopatía hipertrófica mediante cardiorresonancia magnética con contraste
Abstract
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Severity of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been associated with the amount of myocardial fibrosis in autopsy studies. Cardio-vascular magnetic resonance allows, by means of the delayed contrast-enhancement technique, an in vivo detection of focal myocardial fibrosis. Our aim was to study myocardial fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by means of contrast-enhance cardio-vascular magnetic resonance.
Authors
Pujadas S; Carreras F; Arrastio X; Leta R; Vila M; Subirana MT; Bayés-Genís A; Pons-Lladó G
Journal
Revista Española de Cardiología, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 10–14
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2007
DOI
10.1157/13097920
ISSN
0300-8932