Abstract
The goal of this study was to explore whether fibrosis detected by late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR) is an independent predictor of hard cardiovascular events in patients presenting with ventricular arrhythmia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 335-344 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Contrast Media
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Defibrillators, Implantable
- Disease-Free Survival
- Electric Countershock
- Female
- Fibrosis
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multivariate Analysis
- Myocardium
- Organometallic Compounds
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Prognosis
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Factors
- Stroke Volume
- Systole
- Tachycardia, Ventricular
- Time Factors
- Left Ventricular Function