Myocardial fibrosis as a early cardiac marker of disease in patients with lamin A/C mutations
β Scribed by Andrea Barison; Pier G Masci; Marianna Fontana; Matteo Milanesi; Roberta Poletti; Vincenzo Positano; Claudio Passino; Giovanni D Aquaro; Giancarlo Todiere; Michele Emdin; Massimo Lombardi
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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β¦ Synopsis
Objective
to assess myocardial fibrosis in lamin A/C mutations (LM) carriers using constrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).
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