✦ LIBER ✦
Fibrotic content of LV myocardium quantified by CMR characterizes left atrial sizes and total left atrial emptying function incremental to LV functional parameters and LV myocardial mass index in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
✍ Scribed by Yucheng Chen; Carolyn Ho; Eri Watanabe; Damien Mandry; Michael Jerosch-Herold; Raymond Kwong
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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✦ Synopsis
Fibrotic burden of LV myocardium quantified by CMR provides additional information about LA size and mechanics than morphological severity of LV hypertrophy measured by LV mass index alone.