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Myocardial fibrosis quantified by the extracellular extravascular volume fraction is associated with the left ventricular sphericity index and the left atrial volume index

✍ Scribed by Diego Moguillansky; Timothy C Wong; Christopher G Meier; Stephen M Testa; David Testa; William J Ceyrolles; Kayla Piehler; Peter Kellman; Erik B Schelbert

Publisher: BioMed Central
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 87 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6647
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p294

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✦ Synopsis

The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that quantitative measures of myocardial fibrosis such as the myocardial extravascular extracellular volume fraction (Ve) are associated with markers of adverse cardiac remodeling such as the left atrial volume index (LAVi) and left ventricular sphericity index (Si).