作者
Stefano Pedretti, Sara Vargiu, Matteo Baroni, Santo Dellegrottaglie, Barbara Lanzarin, Alberto Roghi, Angela Milazzo, Giuseppina Quattrocchi, Maurizio Lunati, Patrizia Pedrotti
发表日期
2018/4
期刊
Clinical Cardiology
卷号
41
期号
4
页码范围
494-501
出版商
Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
简介
Background
Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) assessed with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) correlates with ventricular arrhythmias and survival in patients with structural heart disease. Whether some LGE characteristics may specifically improve prediction of arrhythmic outcomes is unknown.
Hypothesis
We sought to evaluate scar characteristics assessed with CMR to predict implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator (ICD) interventions in dilated cardiomyopathy of different etiology.
Methods
96 consecutive patients evaluated with CMR received an ICD. Biventricular volumes, ejection fraction, and myocardial LGE were evaluated. LGE was defined as “complex” (Cx‐LGE) in presence of ≥1 of the following: ischemic pattern, involving ≥2 different coronary territories; epicardial pattern; global endocardial pattern; and presence of ≥2 different patterns. The primary endpoint was occurrence of any …
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