Interrelationship of LV mass, focal fibrosis by LGE, and diffuse fibrosis by T1-changes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Fibrotic content of LV myocardium quanti

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

✍ Yucheng Chen; Carolyn Ho; Eri Watanabe; Damien Mandry; Michael Jerosch-Herold; R 📂 Article 📅 2012 🏛 BioMed Central 🌐 English ⚖ 174 KB

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.