Discrepancy between MRI and echocardiography in assessing functional left ventricular parameters and scar characteristics in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy

Background: Studies have demonstrated that infarct size estimated by CMR-LGE was an independent determinant of adverse LV remodeling and dysfunction. Objective: We sought to assess relationship between different scar characteristics and left ventricular remodeling and dysfunction using late gadolini...

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Main Authors: Sherif Gouda, Amir AbdelWahab, Mohamed Salem, Magdy AbdelHamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2015-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260814000969