Extra-cellular expansion in the normal, non-infarcted myocardium is associated with worsening of regional myocardial function after acute myocardial infarction

Abstract Background Expansion of the myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) is a surrogate measure of focal/diffuse fibrosis and is an independent marker of prognosis in chronic heart disease. Changes in ECV may also occur after myocardial infarction, acutely because of oedema and in convalescence as...

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Published in:	Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Main Authors:	Pankaj Garg, David A. Broadbent, Peter P. Swoboda, James R.J. Foley, Graham J. Fent, Tarique A. Musa, David P. Ripley, Bara Erhayiem, Laura E. Dobson, Adam K. McDiarmid, Philip Haaf, Ananth Kidambi, Saul Crandon, Pei G. Chew, R. J. van der Geest, John P. Greenwood, Sven Plein
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-09-01
Subjects:	Acute myocardial infarction CT and MRI Cardiovascular imaging agents/techniques Extracellular matrix
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-017-0384-0