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The goal of this study was to determine the prognostic value of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) features in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

The prognostic significance of LGE in the clinical assessment of patients with pulmonary hypertension remains uncertain.

Consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension seen at a specialist pulmonary hypertension referral center who underwent right heart catheterization and CMR with LGE imaging within 48 h were identified. Short-axis late-enhancement imaging was performed using a 3-dimensional gradient spoiled echocardiography sequence on a 1.5-T scanner. Three groups were identified: 1) no late enhancement of the myocardium; 2) late enhancement at the right ventricular insertion points (LGE-IP); and 3) late enhancement involving the right ventricular insertion points and the …